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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“un-, dis-”) + fāma (“repute, fame”) + -is.
Pronunciation
Adjective
īnfāmis (neuter īnfāme); third-declension two-termination adjective
- disreputable, notorious, infamous
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “infamis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “infamis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- infamis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “infamis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “infamis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin