flammula

Latin

Etymology

From flamma (“flame”) +‎ ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈflam.mu.la/, [ˈfɫ̪ämːʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflam.mu.la/, [ˈflämːulä]

Noun

flammula f (genitive flammulae); first declension

1. a little flame

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	flammula	flammulae
genitive	flammulae	flammulārum
dative	flammulae	flammulīs
accusative	flammulam	flammulās
ablative	flammulā	flammulīs
vocative	flammula	flammulae

Descendants

• Old French: flamble
  • Middle French: flambe
    • French: flambe

References

• “flammula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “flammula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers