infamia

See also: infàmia, infâmia, and infamią

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfāmia (“infamy”), from īnfāmis (“infamous”), from in- (“not”) + fāma (“fame, renown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈfa.mja/
• Rhymes: -amja
• Hyphenation: in‧fà‧mia

Noun

infamia f (plural infamie)

1. infamy

Related terms

• infamare
• infame
• fama

Anagrams

• infamai

Latin

Etymology

From īnfāmis (“infamous”), from in- (“not”) + fāma (“fame, renown”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈfaː.mi.a/, [ĩːˈfäːmiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈfa.mi.a/, [iɱˈfäːmiä]

Noun

īnfāmia f (genitive īnfāmiae); first declension

1. bad reputation or repute, ill fame, dishonor, disgrace, infamy, reproach

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īnfāmia	īnfāmiae
Genitive	īnfāmiae	īnfāmiārum
Dative	īnfāmiae	īnfāmiīs
Accusative	īnfāmiam	īnfāmiās
Ablative	īnfāmiā	īnfāmiīs
Vocative	īnfāmia	īnfāmiae

Related terms

• fāma
• īnfāmātiō
• īnfāmis
• īnfāmō

Descendants

• Catalan: infàmia
• English: infamy
• French: infamie
• Italian: infamia
• Polish: infamia
• Portuguese: infâmia
• Romanian: infamie
• Spanish: infamia

References

• “infamia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “infamia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• infamia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• infamia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to damage a person's character, bring him into bad odour: infamiam alicui inferre, aspergere
    
  • to incur ignominy: infamiam concipere, subire, sibi conflare
    
• “infamia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “infamia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnfāmia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈfa.mja/

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• Rhymes: -amja
• Syllabification: in‧fa‧mia

Noun

infamia f

1. (dated) infamy (state of being infamous)

   Synonyms: hańba, niesława, sromota

2. (law, historical) infamy (stigma attaching to a person's character that disqualifies them from being a witness)

Declension

Declension of infamia

	singular	plural
nominative	infamia	infamie
genitive	infamii	infamii/infamij (archaic)
dative	infamii	infamiom
accusative	infamię	infamie
instrumental	infamią	infamiami
locative	infamii	infamiach
vocative	infamio	infamie

Further reading

• infamia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• infamia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfāmia (“infamy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈfamja/ [ĩɱˈfa.mja]
• Rhymes: -amja
• Syllabification: in‧fa‧mia

Noun

infamia f (plural infamias)

1. infamy

Derived terms

• infame

 

Related terms

• fama

 

Further reading

• “infamia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16