flammula

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɫam.mʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈflam.mu.la]

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

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitan: flamba
  • Old French: flamble
    • Middle French: flambe
      • French: flambe
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: fiammola
  • Venetan: fiamola
• Borrowings:
  • → Portuguese: flâmula

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