English

Noun

famulus ‎(plural famuli)

1. A close attendant or assistant, especially of a magician or occult scholar.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:famulus.

See also

• familiar noun

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *famelos ‎(“servile, domestic”) (whence also Oscan 𐌚𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌋 ‎(famel, “servile”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-m-eló- (whence also Ancient Greek θεμείλια ‎(themeília), a metrical lengthening of θεμέλιος ‎(themélios)), from *dʰeh₁- ‎(“do, put, place”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.mu.lus/, [ˈfa.mʊ.ɫʊs]

Adjective

famulus m ‎(feminine famula, neuter famulum); first/second declension

1. serving, servile

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• famulitās
• famultās

Noun

famulus m ‎(genitive famulī); second declension

1. a servant, slave

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• famul

Derived terms

• familia
• famulitiō
• famulitium
• famulāris
• famulor

Descendants

• Albanian: famull
• English: famulus
• Italian: famulo
• Portuguese: fâmulo
• Spanish: fámulo

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “famulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.