(adjective) : flammĕus, a, um, id.
* Flaming, fiery.
* Lit.: sunt stellae naturā flammeae,Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118; Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44: halitus,Col. 5, 5, 15; Mart. 10, 62, 6.
* 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.
* 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.
* A fiery red color: aliquid flammei, aliquid lutei,Sen. N. Q. 1, 3, 4.
* = phlox, the flame-red violet, Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 64.
* (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.

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