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

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
→ Italian: fiammola
→ 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