fama Latin · revision 5072

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *bʰeh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfaː.ma], [ˈfaː.maː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfaː.ma], [ˈfaː.ma]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fāma''' ''f'' (genitive fāmae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*fāmā|t=tale]], [[inh|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-mo/h₂-|t=speech]], from the root [[ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|t=to speak]] of [[for|alt=fārī]] “to speak”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[osc|faamat|t=proclaims]] and [[grc|φήμη|tr=phḗmē|t=talk, report]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler give Naevius first.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was news or tidings, rumour and hearsay, tradition, and public opinion.^(OLD 2012) From the talk about a person it came to mean one's reputation, good name (of a woman, her chastity) or bad name, and above all fame, glory, renown.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein distinguishes ''fāma'', open and public news, from [[rūmor]], uncertain and often secret.^(Döderlein 1874) Varro and Isidore derived it from ''fārī'', because it spreads by speaking.^(TLL)

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+ In medieval British Latin it was report, news and rumour.^(DMLBS) It survives in [[it|fama]] and [[es|fama]], and through Old French ''fame'' gave [[en|fame]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses the word.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of news and of reputation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro derives it from ''fārī'' “to speak”.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 13th century – English ''fame'' “character attributed to someone” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # News, tidings.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|rumour]], hearsay.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Tradition, story.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Public opinion, talk.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|reputation]]; good name; ill repute.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|fame]], glory, renown.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēfāmis]]

+ * [[diffāmō]]

+ * [[famatus]]

+ * [[fāmella]]

+ * [[famigero]]

+ * [[fāmōsus]]

+ * [[īnfāmis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[for]]

+ * [[fābula]]

+ * [[fātum]]

+ * [[īnfāmia]]

+ * [[en|fame]]

+ * [[en|famous]]

+ * [[en|infamy]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Isidore says that rumour has no fixed place, because it is mostly false, adding or changing much of the truth.^(Isidore)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}