infamis Latin · revision 8373

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la fāma}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnfāmis''' (neuter īnfāme); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] “not” and [[fāma]] “reputation”, with the suffix ⟨-is⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of a person with a bad name.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant having a bad name, notorious, as in Plautus, and in Cicero defamed, disgraced.^(OLD 2012) In Nepos it meant shameful, infamous.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant infamous, disreputable.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for one under public suspicion.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of disreputable persons, as a disgraced cleric about 802.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian and Spanish ''infame'' and French ''infâme'', and its sense passed into [[en|infamous]] in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of the notorious.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the disgraced.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''infamous'' takes its sense.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of ill repute, notorious.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Defamed, disgraced.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Shameful, [[m|en|infamous]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Under public suspicion.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[īnfāmia]]

+ * [[perīnfāmis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fāma]]

+ * [[en|infamous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}