infamis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈfaː.mis/, [ĩːˈfäːmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈfa.mis/, [iɱˈfäːmis]

Adjective

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

1. disreputable, notorious, infamous

Declension

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

• īnfāmātiō
• īnfāmia
• īnfāmiter
• īnfāmō
• īnfāmōsus

Descendants

• → French: infâme
  • → German: infam (partly)
  • → Romanian: infam
• → German: infam
• → Italian: infame
• → Portuguese: infame
• → Spanish: infame

References

• “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