different between flamen vs flagmen

English

Alternative forms

• flamin (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fle?m?n/
• Rhymes: -e?m?n
• Homophone: flehmen

Noun

flamen (plural flamens or flamines)

1. (historical) a priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.

Derived terms

• archflamen

Translations

Latin

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Italic *fl?gmen, from Proto-Indo-European *b?lag- (“to hit, strike, beat”). Other etymologies point to *bhleh?- (no meaning given), or *bhlg- (“to shine, burn”). Traditionally asserted relationships to Sanskrit ???????? (bráhman), Old Norse blót via conjectured *b?lag-, *b?l?d- present difficulties.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fla?.men/, [?f??ä?m?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fla.men/, [?fl??m?n]

Noun

fl?men m (genitive fl?minis, feminine fl?mina); third declension

2. priest, flamen

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• fl?min?tus
• fl?minius
• fl?minica

Descendants

• ? English: flamen
• ? French: flamine
• ? Portuguese: flâmine

Etymology 2

From fl? (“I breathe, blow”) +? -men (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

fl?men n (genitive fl?minis); third declension

2. blast, gust (of wind)
3. breeze

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Further reading

• flamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• flamen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• flamen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• flamen in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

References

English

Noun

flagmen

1. plural of flagman