flabrum

Latin

Etymology

flō (“to blow”) +‎ -brum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈflaː.brum/, [ˈfɫ̪äːbrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfla.brum/, [ˈfläːbrum]

Noun

flābrum n (genitive flābrī); second declension

1. gust, blast of wind; breeze

Usage notes

Only found in the plural in Classical Latin.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	flābrum	flābra
genitive	flābrī	flābrōrum
dative	flābrō	flābrīs
accusative	flābrum	flābra
ablative	flābrō	flābrīs
vocative	flābrum	flābra

Derived terms

• flābellum
• flābeolum

Descendants

• Romanian: flaur

References

• “flābra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• flābra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.