famulus

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin famulus.

Noun

famulus (plural famuli)

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

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:famulus.

See also

• familiar noun

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Latin

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Italic *famelos (“servile, domestic”) (whence also Oscan 𐌚𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌋 (famel, “servile”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-m-eló- (whence also Ancient Greek θεμείλια (themeília), a metrical lengthening of θεμέλιος (themélios)), from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. 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

• famulitās
• famultās

Noun

famulus m (genitive famulī); second declension

1. a servant, slave

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

Synonyms

• famul

Derived terms

• familia
• famulitium
• famulor

Descendants

• → Albanian: famull
• → English: famulus
• → Italian: famulo
• → Portuguese: fâmulo
• → Spanish: fámulo

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.