famulus

English

Etymology

From Latin famulus.

Noun

famulus (plural famuli)

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

Quotations
  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:famulus.

See also

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *famelos (“servile, domestic”) (whence also Oscan 𐌚𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌋 (famel, “servile”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-m-eló- (whence also Ancient Greek θεμείλια (themeília), a metrical lengthening of θεμέλιος (themélios)), from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.mu.lus/, [ˈfa.mʊ.ɫʊs]

Adjective

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

  1. serving, servile

Inflection

First/second declension.

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 famulae famulō famulīs famulīs famulīs
Accusative famulum famulam famulum famulōs famulās famula
Ablative famulō famulā famulō famulīs famulīs famulīs
Vocative famule famula famulum famulī famulae famula

Derived terms
  • famulitās
  • famultās

Noun

famulus m (genitive famulī); second declension

  1. a servant, slave

Inflection

Second declension.

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

Synonyms
  • famul

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Albanian: famull
  • → English: famulus
  • → Italian: famulo
  • → Portuguese: fâmulo
  • → Spanish: fámulo

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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