vexillum

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) A flag, banner, or standard.
 * 2) A company of troops serving under one standard.
 * 3) The sign of the cross.
 * 4)  The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower.
 * 5)  The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.

Related terms

 * vexilloid
 * vexillar
 * vexillary

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:, , standarta
 * Finnish: ,
 * Portuguese:


 * Portuguese:

Etymology
From, synchronically a diminutive form of.

Pronunciation

 * Note: dictionaries disagree over the length of the root vowel, but there's good evidence that it was long.
 * Note: dictionaries disagree over the length of the root vowel, but there's good evidence that it was long.

Noun

 * 1) flag, banner
 * 2) * 6th century, Venantius Fortunatus, Vexilla regis, first stanza:
 * "la"

- Vexilla regis prodeunt Fulget crucis mysterium Quo carne carnis conditor, Suspensus est patibulo.