infamia

See also: infàmia and infâmia

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

infamia f (plural infamie)

  1. infamy

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈfaː.mi.a/, [ĩːˈfaː.mi.a]

Noun

īnfāmia f (genitive īnfāmiae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative īnfāmia īnfāmiae
genitive īnfāmiae īnfāmiārum
dative īnfāmiae īnfāmiīs
accusative īnfāmiam īnfāmiās
ablative īnfāmiā īnfāmiīs
vocative īnfāmia īnfāmiae

Descendants

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, 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
  • 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)

  1. infamy

Derived terms

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