flabrum

Latin

Etymology

flō (“to blow”) +‎ -brum.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɫaː.brũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈflaː.brum]

Noun

flābrum n (genitive flābrī); second declension

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.