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flammĕus , a, um, adj. id.,
I.flaming, fiery.
B. Transf., of color, flaming, flamecolored, fiery red: “lumina,Ov. H. 12, 107: “flammeum quod phlox vocatur,Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 64: “murex,Val. Fl. 5, 361: vestimentum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92 Müll.—Deriv.,
2. Subst.: flammĕum , i, n.
(α). A fiery red color: “aliquid flammei, aliquid lutei,Sen. N. Q. 1, 3, 4.—
(β). = phlox, the flame-red violet, Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 64.—
(γ). (sc. velum), a (flame-colored) bridal-veil, Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 46: “capere,Cat. 61, 8: “sumere,Juv. 2, 124: “puellae caput involvere flammeo,Petr. 26, 1: “flammea texuntur sponsae,Mart. 11, 78, 3; 12, 42, 3; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 325; Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.; cf. Non. p. 541 fin.; “Becker's Gall. 2, p. 24 sq.: lutea,Luc. 2, 361; Mart. Cap. 5, § 538; Verg. Cir. 317.—Poet.: “flammea conterit,” i. e. changes husbands repeatedly, Juv. 6, 225.—
II. Trop.: flaming, glowing (ante- and post-class.): versus, Enn. ap. Non. 139, 15 (Sat. 7, p. 155 ed. Vahl.): “acres et flammei viri,Sid. Ep. 1, 7.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Lucan, Civil War, 2.361
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.64
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.46
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.46
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.22
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 5.361
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 5.5.15
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