Dictionary formfames, famis(feminine)
Translation
hunger; famine
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular |
|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | fames |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | fames |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | famem |
| Genitiveof | famis |
| Dativeto, for | fami |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | fame |
Examples
.
The famine in the city was serious.
perierunt.
Many died of hunger.
pellit.
Food drives away hunger.
.
After the war they feared famine.
.
They were suffering great hunger.
Fames, famis is third declension feminine, and it has one irregularity worth flagging: the ablative singular is fame with a long e, not the fami you would expect from a third declension i-stem. It is also effectively singular only, which makes sense for an abstract state.
Two senses shade into each other, personal hunger and collective famine, and Latin sees no need to separate them. The bare ablative fame is the standard cause construction: fame perire, fame mori, "to die of hunger". Do not confuse it with fama, famae, "report, reputation", which is first declension and a completely different word; a single vowel separates dying of hunger from dying of your reputation. Italian fame and Spanish hambre both descend from it.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 1: fames, ambo, aeque and 6 more words.