flabellum
English
WOTD – 13 April 2007
Etymology
From Latin flabellum (“fan”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fləˈbɛləm/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛləm
Noun
flabellum (plural flabellums or flabella)
- A large fan used for religious ceremonies.
- (botany, zoology) Any fan-shaped structure.
Related terms
- flabellate
Translations
large fan
|
fan-shaped structure
|
Latin
Etymology
From flābrum (“breeze”) + -lum (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /flaːˈbel.lum/, [fɫ̪äːˈbɛlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /flaˈbel.lum/, [fläˈbɛlːum]
Noun
flābellum n (genitive flābellī); second declension
- A small (hand-held) fan, especially for keeping off flies.
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) flabellum.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | flābellum | flābella |
| Genitive | flābellī | flābellōrum |
| Dative | flābellō | flābellīs |
| Accusative | flābellum | flābella |
| Ablative | flābellō | flābellīs |
| Vocative | flābellum | flābella |
Derived terms
- flābellō
Descendants
- English: flabellum
- Portuguese: flabelo
References
- “flabellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “flabellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- flabellum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- flabellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “flabellum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “flabellum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin