flammo Latin · revision 9524

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la flamma}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfɫam.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈflam.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''flammō''' (present infinitive flammāre, perfect active flammāvī, supine flammātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[flamma]] “flame” with the verb suffix [[-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of setting something ablaze.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to set ablaze, make glow, as in Cicero, and figuratively to inflame a person with love, fury or ardour, as in Virgil.^(OLD 2012) Intransitively, mostly in the present participle ''flammāns'', it meant to flame, blaze, and Lewis & Short call this use poetic.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to burn with passion or eagerness.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''fiammare''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of inflaming emotion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To set ablaze, make glow.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|inflame]], excite.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (intransitive) To flame, blaze.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[conflammo]]

+ * [[dēflammō]]

+ * [[efflammans]]

+ * [[flammatrix]]

+ * [[flammātus]]

+ * [[flammescō]]

+ * [[flammidus]]

+ * [[īnflammō]]

+ * [[sufflammo]]

+ * [[flammābundus]]

+ * [[flammāns]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[flamma]]

+ * [[flagrō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}