infamia
See also: infàmia and infâmia
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnfāmia (“infamy”), from īnfāmis (“infamous”), from in- (“not”) + fāma (“fame, renown”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈfa.mja/
- Rhymes: -amja
- Hyphenation: in‧fà‧mia
Noun
infamia f (plural infamie)
- infamy
Related terms
- infamare
- infame
- fama
Anagrams
- infamai
Latin
Etymology
From īnfāmis (“infamous”), from in- (“not”) + fāma (“fame, renown”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈfaː.mi.a/, [ĩːˈfäːmiä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈfa.mi.a/, [iɱˈfäːmiä]
Noun
īnfāmia f (genitive īnfāmiae); first declension
- bad reputation or repute, ill fame, dishonor, disgrace, infamy, reproach
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | īnfāmia | īnfāmiae |
| Genitive | īnfāmiae | īnfāmiārum |
| Dative | īnfāmiae | īnfāmiīs |
| Accusative | īnfāmiam | īnfāmiās |
| Ablative | īnfāmiā | īnfāmiīs |
| Vocative | īnfāmia | īnfāmiae |
Related terms
- fāma
- īnfāmātiō
- īnfāmis
- īnfāmō
Descendants
- Catalan: infàmia
- English: infamy
- French: infamie
- Italian: infamia
- Polish: infamia
- Portuguese: infâmia
- Spanish: infamia
References
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- infamia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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
- to damage a person's character, bring him into bad odour: infamiam alicui inferre, aspergere
- “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
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnfāmia (“infamy”).
Noun
infamia f (plural infamias)
- infamy
Derived terms
- infame
Related terms
- fama
Further reading
- “infamia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014