infamis

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From in- (un-, dis-) +‎ fāma (repute, fame) +‎ -is.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

īnfāmis (neuter īnfāme); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. disreputable, notorious, infamous

Declension[edit]

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative īnfāmis īnfāme īnfāmēs īnfāmia
Genitive īnfāmis īnfāmium
Dative īnfāmī īnfāmibus
Accusative īnfāmem īnfāme īnfāmēs
īnfāmīs
īnfāmia
Ablative īnfāmī īnfāmibus
Vocative īnfāmis īnfāme īnfāmēs īnfāmia

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: infamous
  • French: infâme
  • German: infam
  • Italian: infame
  • Portuguese: infame
  • Spanish: infame

References[edit]

  • infamis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • infamis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infamis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • infamis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infamis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin