famulus

See also: Famulus

English

Etymology

From Latin famulus (“servant”).

Noun

famulus (plural famuli)

1. A close attendant or assistant, especially of a magician or occult scholar.

Related terms

• familiar (noun)

Anagrams

• Umlaufs

Latin

Alternative forms

• famul

Etymology

From earlier famelus, from Proto-Italic *famelos (“slave”) (whence Oscan 𐌚𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌋 (famel, “slave”)), from earlier *θamelos; probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Probably as a backformation from the predecessor of familia (see there for details).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.mu.lus/, [ˈfämʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.mu.lus/, [ˈfäːmulus]

Noun

famulus m (genitive famulī, feminine famula); second declension

1. a servant, slave

   ūnā cum famulō tuō, pāpā nostrō, N.,

   together with thy servant, our Pope, N.,

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	famulus	famulī
Genitive	famulī	famulōrum
Dative	famulō	famulīs
Accusative	famulum	famulōs
Ablative	famulō	famulīs
Vocative	famule	famulī

Adjective

famulus (feminine famula, neuter famulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (figurative) serving, servile

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	famulus	famula	famulum		famulī	famulae	famula
Genitive	famulī	famulae	famulī		famulōrum	famulārum	famulōrum
Dative	famulō		famulō		famulīs
Accusative	famulum	famulam	famulum		famulōs	famulās	famula
Ablative	famulō	famulā	famulō		famulīs
Vocative	famule	famula	famulum		famulī	famulae	famula

Derived terms

• famulanter
• famulāris
• famulitās
• famulitium
• famulor

Related terms

• familia
• familiāris
• familiāritās
• familiāricus

Descendants

• → Albanian: famull
• → English: famulus
• → German: Famulus
• → Italian: famulo
• → Portuguese: fâmulo
• → Russian: фа́мулус (fámulus)
• → Spanish: fámulo
• → Svan: ფა̈მლი (pämli), ფამლი (pamli)

References

• (noun) “famulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• (adjective) “famulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “famulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• famulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.