famelicus

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Latin

Etymology

From famēs via unattested *famēlis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

famēlicus (feminine famēlica, neuter famēlicum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. hungry; starved; famished

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

References

  • famelicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • famelicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • famelicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.