noun · femininethird declension
famēs
famēs f (genitive famis)
Classical[ˈfa.meːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfaː.mes]
№ 828 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- hunger
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
cupīdō cibī; quī diū nōn ēdit, famem habet.famēs -is f — in Mille Verba, Cibus et Convīvium
cupīditās cibīfamēs -is (f) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 2
cibī inopia, ēsuriēsfamēs -is (f) — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 19
dolor ventris vacuī, magna edendī cupīdōfamēs famis (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 17
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Fames · Esuries · Inedia
Fames is hunger from want of food, like λιμός, in opp. to satietas; whereas esuries is hunger from an empty and craving stomach, in opp. to sitis; lastly, inedia is not eating, in a general sense, without reference to the cause, though for the most part from a voluntary resolution, like ἀσιτία. Hence fame and esurie perire mean to die of hunger, whereas inedia perire means to starve one’s self to death. (iii. 119.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | famēs | famēs |
| genitive | famis famī | famium |
| dative | famī | famibus |
| accusative | famem | famēs famīs |
| ablative | famē | famibus |
| vocative | famēs | famēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- fame necari
- to be starved to death (as punishment).
- oppidum fame domare
- to starve a town into surrender.
- fame laborare, premi
- to be tormented by hunger, to be starving.
- famem, sitim explere
- to allay one's hunger, thirst.
- famem tolerare, sustentare
- to endure the pangs of hunger.
- fame confici, perire, interire
- to die of starvation.
- famem sitimque depellere cibo et potione
- to allay one's hunger, thirst.
fămes, is (ante- and post-class.
I. nom. sing.:
famis, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15; Prud. Psych. 479; gen.: fami, Cato and Lucil. ap. Gell. 9, 14, 10; abl., scanned fămē, Lucr. 3, 732; Verg. A. 6, 421; Ov. M. 5, 165; 8, 846; 11, 370 al.) f. root gha-; Sanscr. gahami, to leave, abandon; Gr. χάτις, χῆτος, want; χῆρος, deprived of, hunger (syn.: inedia, jejunium, esuries, esuritio). I. Lit.:
interficere aliquem siti fameque atque algu, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 36; id. Rud. 2, 2, 7; cf.: cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: cibi condimentum esse famem, potionis sitim, id. ib. 2, 28, 90: bestiae fame monitae, id. Clu. 25, 67: fame atque inopia rerum omnium confecti, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134; (avis) fame enecta, starved to death, id. Div. 2, 35, 73; cf.: plebem fame necare, id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2: patientia famis, id. Cat. 1, 10, 26: famem explere, to satiate, id. pro Dom. 23: tolerare, Caes. B. G. 1, 28, 3: extremam famem sustentare, id. ib. 7, 17, 3: duram propellere, Hor. S. 1, 2, 6; cf.: pellere querna glande, Tib. 2, 1, 38: propulsare, Col. 2, 10, 1; Tac. A. 14, 24: deponere, Ov. F. 6, 530: levare, to assuage, id. H. 14, 96: vincere sacris extis, Val. Fl. 2, 347 et saep.: in principio fame utendum, the patient must fast, Cels. 8, 10, 7; cf.: primis diebus fames, deinde liberalius alimentum, id. ib.—Prov.: ambitiosa non est fames, is not nice, Sen. Ep. 119, 14: malum panem tibi tenerum et siligineum fames reddet, id. ib. 123, 2.—B. Transf.
1. Famine, dearth (rare in class. Lat.):
fames, quae tum erat in hac mea Asia: messis enim nulla fuerat, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8: fames esse coepit, Curt. 10, 8: in fame frumentum exportare, Cic. Fl. 7, 17; Vulg. Ruth, 1, 1; id. Matt. 24, 7 et saep.— * 2. In gen., poverty, indigence:
aliquem ad famem reicere, Ter. Phorm. prol. 19.II. Trop.
A. Like sitis, a violent longing for any thing, greediness, greed, avidity (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames! Verg. A. 3, 57; so, auri fames, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 72; cf.: argenti sitis importuna famesque, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 23; Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 6; cf.: auri fames durissima est, id. 33, 4, 21, § 72: ex longa fame satiaret se auro, Curt. 5, 1, 4: crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam Majorumque fames, Hor. C. 3, 16, 17: honorum Marii fames, Flor. 3, 21, 6.—* B. Of speech, poverty of expression:
jejunitatem et famem malle quam ubertatem et copiam, Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 3.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
famēs is (abl. famē), f
2 FA-, hunger : ut periclum a fame mihi sit, T.: cum cibo fames depulsa est: fame confecti: (avis) fame enecta, starved to death : patientia famis: famem explere, sate : cibus advorsus famem, S.: extrema, Cs.: dura, H.: levare, to assuage , O.: vetitorum tanta ciborum, O.— Famine, dearth, want : in Asiā: in fame frumentum exportare: ad famem hunc reicere, turn out to starve , T.—Fig., a violent longing, greediness, greed, avidity : Auri sacra, V.: maiorum, H.—Of speech, poverty of expression , C.— Person., hunger : malesuada, V., O.
Origins
Since Pokorny, traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”), and connected with Latin affatim, fatīscō, fatīgō, fessus, as well as Old Irish dedaid (“to melt away; to grow weary”), Old Norse dási (“slow”), and English daze. However, De Vaan rejects this etymology, considering the forms and semantics as too vague, and leaves the origin open.
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanfam
- Frenchfaimfrom Old French fain
- Frenchfaminefrom Old French fain
- Englishfaminefrom Old French fain
- Occitanfamfrom Old Occitan fam
- Franco-Provençalfam
- Louisiana Creolefaimfrom Old French fain
- Gasconhamifrom Old Occitan fam
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesefomefrom Old Galician-Portuguese fame
- Spanishfamefrom Asturian fame
- Spanishhambrefrom Old Spanish famne
- Aragonesefame
- Falafomifrom Old Galician-Portuguese fame
- Galicianfamefrom Old Galician-Portuguese fame
- Mirandesefame
- Ladinoambrefrom Old Spanish famne
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianfoame
- Aromanianfoami
- Istro-Romanianfome
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianfame
- Galluresefamifrom Corsican fame
- Galluresefammifrom Corsican fame
- Sassaresefammifrom Corsican fame
- Dalmatianfum
- Istriotfan
- Neapolitanfamme
- Sicilianfami
- Venetanfan
Insular Romance
- Logudoresefàmene
- Logudoresefàmine
- Nuoresefàmine
- Campidanesefàmini
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianfan
- Ladinfam
- Romanshfom
- Romanshfam
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianfâm
- Ligurianfàmme
- Lombardfamm
- Piedmontesefam
- Romagnolfam
- Romagnolfâm
Borrowings
- Interlinguafame