The corpus record — Latin

flabellum

flabellum · n

a smali fan

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Where it lives

Eunuchus 3 · 2.77/10k
In Eutropium 1 · 1.39/10k
Pro L. Flacco 1 · 0.92/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

flābellum — Lewis & Short

flābellum, i, n.dim.flabrum,

I a smali fan or fly-flap.

I Lit.: cape hoc flabellum, et ventulum huic sic facito, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47; 50; Mart. 3, 82, 10; for this a peacock's tail was used, Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 11; Hier. Ep. 27, 13.—*

II Trop.: cujus lingua quasi flabello seditionis, illa tum est egentium concio ventilata, an exciter, Cic. Fl. 23, 54.

In the wild

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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