flammeus Latin · revision 32703

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *bʰl̥g-mh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈfɫam.me.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈflam.me.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''flammeus''' (feminine flammea, neuter flammeum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|flamma|-eus|t1=flame]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan lists it under [[flagro|alt=flagrō]] “to burn” and derives [[m|la|flamma]] from [[itc-pro|*flagma]], [[ine-pro|*bʰl̥g-mh₂-|t=flame]], comparing [[grc|φλογμός|tr=phlogmós|t=flame]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Ennius.^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD's earliest quotations are in Accius, of a flaming brand and of a man mad with fiery love.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is flaming, fiery: Cicero says the stars are fiery by nature.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also bright like fire, and of the eyes burning, and flame-coloured: Varro, quoted by Pliny the Elder, speaks of a moon that appears flame-red.^(OLD 2012) Of heat it is burning hot, as in Varro's fruits killed by fiery heat or cold.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is ardent, passionate, and in Catullus swift as fire.^(OLD 2012) Gellius notes that colour words are borrowed from things, as ⟨igneum⟩ and ⟨flammeum⟩.^(TLL) Its neuter [[flammeum]] is the flame-coloured bridal veil, from Caecilius on.^(de Vaan 2008) Church Latin glosses it flaming, fiery.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of a flaming brand and of fiery love.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of a flame-red moon and of fiery heat.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of fiery stars.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of feet swift as fire.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|flaming|alt=Flaming]], [[m|en|fiery]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Bright like fire; flame-coloured, red.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Burning hot, torrid.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|ardent|alt=Ardent]], passionate; swift as fire.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[flammeolus]]

+ * [[flammeum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[flamma]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}