famulus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin famulus (“servant”). === Noun === famulus (plural famuli) A close attendant or assistant, especially of a magician or occult scholar. ==== Related terms ==== familiar (noun) === Anagrams === Umlaufs == Latin == === Alternative forms === famul === Etymology === 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 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfa.mʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.mu.lus] === Noun === famulus m (genitive famulī, feminine famula); second declension a servant, slave ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === Adjective === famulus (feminine famula, neuter famulum); first/second-declension adjective (figurative) serving, servile ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== famulanter famulāris famulitās famulitium famulor ==== Related terms ==== familia familiāris familiāritās familiāricus ==== Descendants ==== → Albanian: famull → English: famulus → German: Famulus → Italian: famulo → Portuguese: fâmulo → Russian: фа́мулус (fámulus) → Spanish: fámulo → Svan: ფა̈მლი (pämli), ფამლი (pamli) === References === (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.