famiger

Latin

Etymology

fāma (“rumor, reputation”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.mi.ɡer/, [ˈfäːmɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.mi.d͡ʒer/, [ˈfäːmid͡ʒer]

Adjective

fāmiger (feminine fāmigera, neuter fāmigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. spreading reports

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fāmiger	fāmigera	fāmigerum		fāmigerī	fāmigerae	fāmigera
genitive	fāmigerī	fāmigerae	fāmigerī		fāmigerōrum	fāmigerārum	fāmigerōrum
dative	fāmigerō	fāmigerae	fāmigerō		fāmigerīs
accusative	fāmigerum	fāmigeram	fāmigerum		fāmigerōs	fāmigerās	fāmigera
ablative	fāmigerō	fāmigerā	fāmigerō		fāmigerīs
vocative	fāmiger	fāmigera	fāmigerum		fāmigerī	fāmigerae	fāmigera

Noun

fāmiger m (genitive fāmigerī); second declension

1. bringer of news

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

	singular	plural
nominative	fāmiger	fāmigerī
genitive	fāmigerī	fāmigerōrum
dative	fāmigerō	fāmigerīs
accusative	fāmigerum	fāmigerōs
ablative	fāmigerō	fāmigerīs
vocative	fāmiger	fāmigerī

References

• “famiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• famiger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.