flustrum

Latin

Etymology

Postclassical singular version of the usually plurale tantum noun flū̆stra.

Noun

flū̆strum n (genitive flū̆strī); second declension (Medieval Latin, rare)

  1. alternative form of flū̆stra (“quiet state of the sea”)
    • mid-7th century[1][2], Hisperica Famina:[3]
      Titaneus olimphium inflamat arotus tabulatum,
      thalasicum illustrat vapore flustrum
      The titanian star lights up the layer of Olympus, illuminates with a warm exhalation the calm of the sea

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative flū̆strum flū̆stra
genitive flū̆strī flū̆strōrum
dative flū̆strō flū̆strīs
accusative flū̆strum flū̆stra
ablative flū̆strō flū̆strīs
vocative flū̆strum flū̆stra

References

  1. ^ Stone, BJ (2022), “The Hisperica famina”, in The Rhetorical Arts in Late Antique and Early Medieval Ireland‎[1], →DOI, pages 155-190
  2. ^ Herren, Michael (2017), “The authorship, date of composition and provenance of the so-called Lorica Gildae”, in Ériu, Special ICM edition, →JSTOR
  3. ^ Prothero, G. W. (1888), A Memoir of Henri Bradshaw, page 341

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