出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/12/31 02:53 UTC 版)
flamen (plural flamens or flamines)
Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Italic *flāmen or *flādmen (“sacrificial act?”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂-mn̥ or *bʰleh₂-d-mn̥, from a root *bʰleh₂- with or without an extension *-d-. (For the change of *-dm- to -m-, compare caementum.) A possible cognate in this case is Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐍄𐌰𐌽 (blōtan, “to honour”); see Proto-Germanic *blōtą. Alternatively, from Proto-Italic *flagsmen (“burnt offering?”), from pre-Latin *bʰl̥gsmn̥, from the root *bʰelg- (“to shine, burn”), which would make it cognate to flagrō (“to burn, blaze”) and flamma (“flame”). Traditionally connected to Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman): however, this etymology is now largely rejected.
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | flāmen | flāminēs |
| genitive | flāminis | flāminum |
| dative | flāminī | flāminibus |
| accusative | flāminem | flāminēs |
| ablative | flāmine | flāminibus |
| vocative | flāmen | flāminēs |
From flō (“I breathe, blow”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
flāmen n (genitive flāminis); third declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | flāmen | flāmina |
| genitive | flāminis | flāminum |
| dative | flāminī | flāminibus |
| accusative | flāmen | flāmina |
| ablative | flāmine | flāminibus |
| vocative | flāmen | flāmina |
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/04/10 13:48 UTC 版)
In ancient Roman religion, a flamen was a priest assigned to one of fifteen deities with official cult during the Roman Republic. The most important three were the flamines maiores (or "major priests"), who served the three chief Roman gods of the Archaic Triad. The remaining twelve were the flamines minores ("lesser priests"). Two of the minores cultivated deities whose names are now unknown; among the others are deities about whom little is known other than the name. During the Imperial era, the cult of a deified emperor (divus) also had a flamen.