famulus
English
Etymology
From Latin famulus.
Noun
famulus (plural famuli)
- A close attendant or assistant, especially of a magician or occult scholar.
Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:famulus.
See also
- familiar noun
Latin
Etymology
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) IPA(key): /ˈfa.mu.lus/, [ˈfa.mʊ.ɫʊs]
Adjective
famulus (feminine famula, neuter famulum); first/second declension
- serving, servile
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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 | famulae | famulō | famulīs | famulīs | famulīs | |
| Accusative | famulum | famulam | famulum | famulōs | famulās | famula | |
| Ablative | famulō | famulā | famulō | famulīs | famulīs | famulīs | |
| Vocative | famule | famula | famulum | famulī | famulae | famula | |
Derived terms
- famulitās
- famultās
Noun
famulus m (genitive famulī); second declension
- a servant, slave
Inflection
Second declension.
| 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
- famulitiō
- famulitium
- famulāris
- 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