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Flaminius/Flaminia
by Flare En Kuldes (arwentroi)
9/7/2010, 6:26 AM
I have been trying to find the meaning of the Roman name Flaminius and its feminine form, Flaminia. So far, the only thing I have been able to find (on various sites) is that it is Latin for "priest." This doesn't sound right to me... can anyone verify or does anyone have more information? Thanks!Flare
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- Siegfried (guest)   +4
9/7/2010, 7:45 AM
All my books say it comes from the Latin word "flamen", a Roman priest devoted to the service of a particular pagan God.
You can find more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamen
P.S.: my "verify" code for this message is WTF... :-)
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- Flare En Kuldes (arwentroi)   +3
9/7/2010, 4:39 PM
Ah, okay... so the sites I looked at weren't wrong, just too vague. :) Thank you for the response! By the way, I'd like to add both names to Submitted Names. I can give you credit if you like, since you were the one who supplied me with info.
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- Siegfried (guest)   +2
9/8/2010, 5:11 AM
That's a good idea! Feel free to add it. I can give you my sources, in case you need them.
If you want, you can give me credit (I'm not very familiar with the procedure), but that's not a problem at all. :-)
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- Flare En Kuldes (arwentroi)   +1
9/8/2010, 11:16 AM
What ticks me off is that tons of people submit names without any information. (There's a lot of joke names in there, too). Sure, sources would be great, but don't go crazy if you have to go looking for stuff. I don't think there's any procedure or anything, I just like to put a little note or a thank you to anyone who's helped me out (I'll do this for anything on the Internet). Since I didn't have any information until you responded, I don't think it'd be fair to take all the credit for submitting the name. :)
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- Siegfried (guest)
9/11/2010, 3:43 AM
Ok, my sources are mainly Italian books (in Italy the name Flaminio/a is still used). The most autoritative ones are:
1) Dizionario dei nomi di persona. - Emidio de Felice
2) I nomi di persona in Italia. Dizionazio storico ed etimologico. - Alda Rossebastiano, Elena Papa
3) Origine e storia dei nomi di persona. - Carlo Tagliavini
4) Origine e significato dei nomi di persona. - Ignazio Maria Ceccherelli
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