flaminica

Latin

Etymology

From flāmen +‎ -ica (feminine of adjective-forming suffix -icus "pertaining to").

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /flaːˈmi.ni.ka/, [fɫ̪äːˈmɪnɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /flaˈmi.ni.ka/, [fläˈmiːnikä]

Noun

flāminica f (genitive flāminicae); first declension

1. the wife of a flamen, the wife of a priest (of the ancient Roman religion)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	flāminica	flāminicae
genitive	flāminicae	flāminicārum
dative	flāminicae	flāminicīs
accusative	flāminicam	flāminicās
ablative	flāminicā	flāminicīs
vocative	flāminica	flāminicae

Related terms

• flāmina

References

• “flaminica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “flaminica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flaminica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.