flamen
From LSJ
ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
flāmen: ĭnis, n. flo, = πνεῦμα>,
I a blowing, blast, esp. of wind (poet., most freq. in the <number opt="n">plur.</number>; cf.: ventus, flatus, flabra, spiritus, aura).
I Lit.: cur Berecynthiae Cessant flamina tibiae? Hor. C. 3, 19, 19; Nemes. Ecl. 1, 16: aquilo suo cum flamine, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 424 ed. Vahl.): Borea, surdas flamine tunde fores, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 54: venti, Lucr. 1, 290: Cauri, id. 6, 135; cf. Verg. A. 10, 97.—
II Transf., concr., a gale, breeze, wind: ferunt sua flamina classem, Verg. A. 5, 832; Ov. F. 3, 599: flamina conticuere, jacet sine fluctibus aequor, Val. Fl. 3, 732.
