Italian

Noun

infamia f ‎(plural infamie)

1. infamy

Related terms

• infamare
• infame

Anagrams

• infamai

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iːnˈfaː.mi.a/

Noun

īnfāmia f ‎(genitive īnfāmiae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• fāma
• īnfāmātiō
• īnfāmis
• īnfāmō

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “infamia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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

Spanish

Noun

infamia f ‎(plural infamias)

1. infamy

Derived terms

• infame