Meaning of fama | Babel Free

Definitions

1. fame
   declension-1
2. ablative singular of fāma
   ablative, form-of, singular
3. rumour, talk, opinion, report
   declension-1
4. reputation
   declension-1

Equivalents

Examples

“hascine propter rēs maledicās fāmās ferunt.”

Is it on account of these things that they spread slanderous reports?

““Oenōtrī coluēre virī; nunc fāma minōrēs”

“Oenotrian men tilled [the land]; now rumor [has it that their] descendants call the nation ‘Italy’ after the name of its leader, [Italus].”

“Dīmīcantī dē fāmā dēesse.”

To abandon one whose reputation is attacked.

“Fāma tamen clāra est; et adhūc sine crīmine vīxī.”

My good name is nevertheless unstained; and so far I have lived without blame.

“Multī fāmam, conscientiam paucī verentur.”

Many fear their reputation, few their conscience.

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