English → Latin
“fame” in Latin
fāmafame; rumour, talk, opinion, report; reputationlauspraise, glory, repute; fame; approbation, commendationglōriaglory, renown, fame, honorpraecōniuspublishing, advertisingcolligōto gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest; to mcōnsequorto move, travel, come, pass or go after, or follow behind another (in time and/or space); to chase, to pursue, to go aftadipīscorto arrive at, reach; overtake, catch up with; to get, obtain, acquire, get possession of, achieve, attain
The English word fame itself goes back to Latin fāma.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fame
Report, Vid:
Glory; good report, fama: laus: gloria: praeconium [SYN. in GLORY]. To earn fame, laudem sibi parere or colligere; gloriam acquirere, consequi or adipisci: to confer undying fame on anybody, aliquem immortali gloria afficere; sempiternae gloriae aliquem commendare. [Vid: GLORY]. To deprive anybody of his fame, aliquem fama spoliare: to detract from his fame, de fama alicujus detrahere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fame?
- The usual Latin words for “fame” are fāma, laus, glōria; also praecōnius, colligō, cōnsequor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.