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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la fāma}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ĩːˈfaː.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [iɱˈfaː.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnfāmō''' (present infinitive īnfāmāre, perfect active īnfāmāvī, supine īnfāmātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|īnfāmis|-ō|t1=disreputable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) That adjective is [[m|la|in-|t=not]] with [[m|la|fāma|t=reputation]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Cicero, Nepos and Propertius on.^(TLL) Cicero writes that a man's moderation and dignity bring the injustice of others into disrepute.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to give a bad name to, bring into disrepute: Propertius says Jupiter disgraces himself and his house.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In law it is to disgrace with loss of rights, as the Digest says of a guardian who marries his ward.^(OLD 2012) It is also to attack someone's character, defame: Nepos says three weighty historians praised a man whom most had defamed.^(OLD 2012) The elder Seneca uses it of smearing with a particular suspicion.^(OLD 2012) Glosses explain it as accusing and speaking impiously.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos of defaming.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius of Jupiter's disgrace.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bring into disrepute, [[m|en|disgrace]], [[m|en|dishonour]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(law)'' to disgrace with loss of rights.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|defame]], blacken; to smear with suspicion; to accuse.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[infamatio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[infamis|alt=īnfāmis]]

+ * [[infamia|alt=īnfāmia]]

+ * [[fama|alt=fāma]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}