famulus

See also: Famulus

English

Etymology

From Latin famulus (servant).

Noun

famulus (plural famuli)

  1. A close attendant or assistant, especially of a magician or occult scholar.

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

  • famul

Etymology

From earlier famelus, from Proto-Italic *famelos (slave) (whence Oscan 𐌚𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌋 (famel, slave)), from earlier *θamelos; probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to do, put, place). Probably as a backformation from the predecessor of familia (see there for details).

Pronunciation

Noun

famulus m (genitive famulī, feminine famula); second declension

  1. a servant, slave
    ūnā cum famulō tuō, pāpā nostrō, N.,
    together with thy servant, our Pope, N.,

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative famulus famulī
Genitive famulī famulōrum
Dative famulō famulīs
Accusative famulum famulōs
Ablative famulō famulīs
Vocative famule famulī

Adjective

famulus (feminine famula, neuter famulum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (figurative) serving, servile

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative famulus famula famulum famulī famulae famula
Genitive famulī famulae famulī famulōrum famulārum famulōrum
Dative famulō famulō famulīs
Accusative famulum famulam famulum famulōs famulās famula
Ablative famulō famulā famulō famulīs
Vocative famule famula famulum famulī famulae famula

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Albanian: famull
  • English: famulus
  • German: Famulus
  • Italian: famulo
  • Portuguese: fâmulo
  • Russian: фа́мулус (fámulus)
  • Spanish: fámulo
  • Svan: ფა̈მლი (pämli), ფამლი (pamli)

References

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