English

Proper noun

Fames

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess/personification of famine and hunger. She is the Roman counterpart of Limos.

Usage notes

The modern-day word 'famine' is derived from her name.

English

Noun

fames

1. plural of fame

Verb

fames

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of fame

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- ‎(“to disappear”). Connected with affatim, fatīscō, fatīgō, fessus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.meːs/

Noun

famēs f ‎(genitive famis); third declension

1. hunger

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• famelicus

Descendants

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fames”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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 I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 239

Old French

Noun

fames f pl

1. inflection of fame:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative plural