diffamo
See also: diffamò
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -amo
Verb
diffamo
Latin
Etymology
From dis- + fāma (“report, opinion, reputation”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /difˈfaː.moː/, [d̪ɪfˈfäːmoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /difˈfa.mo/, [d̪ifˈfäːmo]
Verb
diffāmō (present infinitive diffāmāre, perfect active diffāmāvī, supine diffāmātum); first conjugation
- I spread an unfavorable report.
- I defame, malign, decry.
- (Late Latin) I proclaim or declare widely.
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References
- “diffamo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “diffamo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- diffamo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.