English

Noun

flabellum ‎(plural flabellums or flabella)

1. A large fan used for religious ceremonies.
2. (botany, zoology) Any fan-shaped structure.

Translations

Related terms

• flabellate

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of flabra, flabrum "breeze".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /flaːˈbel.lum/, [fɫaːˈbɛl.lũ]

Noun

flābellum n ‎(genitive flābellī); second declension

1. A small (hand-held) fan, especially for keeping off flies.
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) flabellum.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “flabellum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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