fames

See also: Fames and famés

English

Noun

fames

plural of fame

Verb

fames

third-person singular simple present indicative of fame

Asturian

Noun

fames

plural of fame

Galician

Noun

fames

plural of fame

Latin

Etymology

Since Pokorny, traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”), and connected with Latin affatim, fatīscō, fatīgō, fessus, as well as Old Irish ded- (“to vanish”), Old Norse dási (“slow”), and English daze. However, de Vaan rejects this etymology, considering the forms and semantics as too vague, and leaves the origin open.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfa.meːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfaː.mes]

Noun

famēs f (genitive famis); third declension

hunger

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	famēs	famēs
genitive	famis	famium
dative	famī	famibus
accusative	famem	famēs famīs
ablative	famē	famibus
vocative	famēs	famēs

However, the ablative singular always has the ē of the fifth declension: famē.^[2]

Derived terms

Descendants

Insular Romance:
- Sardinian:
  - Logudorese: fàmene, fàmine
  - Nuorese: fàmine
  - Campidanese: fàmini
Balkano-Romance:
- Aromanian: foami
- Istro-Romanian: fome
- Romanian: foame
Italo-Dalmatian:
- Corsican: fame, fami
  - Gallurese: fami, fammi
  - Sassarese: fammi
- Dalmatian: fum
- Istriot: fan
- Italian: fame
- Neapolitan: famme
- Sicilian: fami
- Venetan: fan
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: fan
- Ladin: fam
- Romansch: fom, fam
Gallo-Italic:
- Emilian: fâm
- Ligurian: fàmme
- Lombard: famm
- Piedmontese: fam
- Romagnol: fam, fâm
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: fam
- Franco-Provençal: fam
- Old French: fain, faim
  - French: faim
    - Louisiana Creole: faim
  - ⇒ Old French: famine
    - Middle French: famine
      - French: famine
      - → English: famine
- Old Occitan: fam
  - Occitan: fam
  - Gascon: hami
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: fame
- Old Galician-Portuguese: fame
  - Fala: fomi
  - Galician: fame
  - Portuguese: fome
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: fame
    - → Spanish: fame
  - Mirandese: fame
- Old Spanish: fambre
  - Ladino: ambre
  - Spanish: hambre
Borrowings:
- → Interlingua: fame

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “famēs, -is”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200
^ Frederick M. Wheelock, Latin: An Introductory Course Based on Ancient Authors, 3rd ed. (Barnes & Noble, 1963), p. 267; cf. Phaedrus, Fābulae, 4.3.

“fames”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“fames”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
fames in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be tormented by hunger, to be starving: fame laborare, premi
- to endure the pangs of hunger: famem tolerare, sustentare
- to die of starvation: fame confici, perire, interire
- to be starved to death (as punishment): fame necari
- to allay one's hunger, thirst: famem, sitim explere
- to allay one's hunger, thirst: famem sitimque depellere cibo et potione
- to starve a town into surrender: oppidum fame domare
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 239

Old French

Noun

fames f pl

oblique/nominative plural of fame

Spanish

Noun

fames f pl

plural of fame

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “famēs, -is”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200

[2] Frederick M. Wheelock, Latin: An Introductory Course Based on Ancient Authors, 3rd ed. (Barnes & Noble, 1963), p. 267; cf. Phaedrus, Fābulae, 4.3.

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