See also: Famulus

English

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Etymology

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From Latin famulus (servant).

Noun

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famulus (plural famuli)

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

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier famelus, from Proto-Italic *famelos (slave) (whence Oscan 𐌚𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌋 (famel, slave)), from earlier *θamelos; probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to do, put, place). Probably as a backformation from the predecessor of familia (see there for details).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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famulus m (genitive famulī, feminine famula); second declension

  1. a servant, slave
    ūnā cum famulō tuō, pāpā nostrō, N.,
    together with thy servant, our Pope, N.,

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative famulus famulī
genitive famulī famulōrum
dative famulō famulīs
accusative famulum famulōs
ablative famulō famulīs
vocative famule famulī

Adjective

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

  1. (figurative) serving, servile

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • (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.