infamia

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See also: infàmia and infâmia

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin īnfāmia (“infamy”), from īnfāmis (“infamous”), from in- (“not”) + fāma (“fame, renown”).

Noun[edit]

infamia f (plural infamie)

  1. infamy

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From īnfāmis (“infamous”), from in- (“not”) + fāma (“fame, renown”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

īnfāmia f (genitive īnfāmiae); first declension

  1. bad reputation or repute, ill fame, dishonor, disgrace, infamy, reproach

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnfāmia īnfāmiae
Genitive īnfāmiae īnfāmiārum
Dative īnfāmiae īnfāmiīs
Accusative īnfāmiam īnfāmiās
Ablative īnfāmiā īnfāmiīs
Vocative īnfāmia īnfāmiae

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Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: infàmia
  • English: infamy
  • French: infamie
  • Italian: infamia

References[edit]

  • infamia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • infamia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infamia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • infamia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to damage a person's character, bring him into bad odour: infamiam alicui inferre, aspergere
    • to incur ignominy: infamiam concipere, subire, sibi conflare
  • infamia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infamia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin īnfāmia (“infamy”).

Noun[edit]

infamia f (plural infamias)

  1. infamy

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