famiger
Latin
Etymology
fāma (“rumor, reputation”) + -ger (“bearing”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfaː.mi.ɡer/, [ˈfaː.mɪ.ɡɛr]
Adjective
fāmiger (feminine fāmigera, neuter fāmigerum); first/second declension
- spreading reports
Declension
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | fāmiger | fāmigera | fāmigerum | fāmigerī | fāmigerae | fāmigera | |
| Genitive | fāmigerī | fāmigerae | fāmigerī | fāmigerōrum | fāmigerārum | fāmigerōrum | |
| Dative | fāmigerō | fāmigerō | fāmigerīs | ||||
| Accusative | fāmigerum | fāmigeram | fāmigerum | fāmigerōs | fāmigerās | fāmigera | |
| Ablative | fāmigerō | fāmigerā | fāmigerō | fāmigerīs | |||
| Vocative | fāmiger | fāmigera | fāmigerum | fāmigerī | fāmigerae | fāmigera | |
Noun
fāmiger m (genitive fāmigerī); second declension
- bringer of news
Declension
Second declension, nominative singular in -er.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fāmiger | fāmigerī |
| Genitive | fāmigerī | fāmigerōrum |
| Dative | fāmigerō | fāmigerīs |
| Accusative | fāmigerum | fāmigerōs |
| Ablative | fāmigerō | fāmigerīs |
| Vocative | fāmiger1 | fāmigerī |
1May also be fāmigere.
References
- famiger in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- famiger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette