flagrum

Latin

Etymology

Probably from *bʰleh₂- (to swing back and forth) + *-rom, whence also flāgitō (I demand).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfla.ɡrum/, [ˈfɫ̪äɡrʊ̃ˑ] or IPA(key): /ˈflaɡ.rum/, [ˈfɫ̪äɡrʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfla.ɡrum/, [ˈfläːɡrum] or IPA(key): /ˈflaɡ.rum/, [ˈfläɡrum]

Noun

flagrum n (genitive flagrī); second declension

  1. whip, scourge, lash

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative flagrum flagra
Genitive flagrī flagrōrum
Dative flagrō flagrīs
Accusative flagrum flagra
Ablative flagrō flagrīs
Vocative flagrum flagra

Derived terms

References

  • flagrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • flagrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • flagrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • flagrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • flagrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “flagrum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
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