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|lnetxt=fama famae N F :: rumor; reputation; tradition; fame, public opinion, ill repute; report, news
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fāma</b>: ae, f. for, fa-ri, = [[φήμη]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[talk]] of the [[multitude]], [[like]] [[rumor]], [[either]] as relating or as judging (v. [[rumor]]; cf. also: [[nomen]], [[gloria]], [[laudatio]]; [[clamor]], [[plausus]]; [[honos]], [[dignitas]], [[honestas]], [[laus]], etc.).<br /><b>I</b> That [[which]] [[people]] [[say]] or [[tell]], the [[common]] [[talk]], a [[report]], [[rumor]], [[saying]], [[tradition]] (freq. and [[class]].; plur. [[very]] [[rare]]); absol., or [[with]] a [[statement]] of the [[subject]]-[[matter]] annexed [[with]] de, or as an [[object]]-[[clause]]; [[rarely]] [[with]] gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Absol.: hascine [[propter]] res maledicas famas ferunt? Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 149: a Brundisio nulla [[adhuc]] [[fama]] venerat, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 2: cum [[tristis]] a [[Mutina]] [[fama]] manaret, id. Phil. 14, 6, 15: at fuit [[fama]]. Quotusquisque est, qui istam effugere potest in tam maledica civitate? id. Cael. 16, 38: magna [[illico]] [[fama]] surrexit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2: aliquod [[fama]] ac nuntiis afferre, Caes. B. G. 6, 30, 2: hac [[fama]] ad Treviros perlata, id. ib. 5, 53, 2: reliquos (deos) ne famā [[quidem]] acceperunt, id. ib. 6, 21, 2; cf.: [[quam]] Eratostheni et quibusdam Graecis famā notam esse [[video]], id. ib. 6, 24, 2: concedamus famae hominum, Cic. Rep. 2, 2: [[Daedalus]], ut [[fama]] est, [[fugiens]], etc., Verg. A. 6, 14; cf.: pulsis ([[vetus]] est ut [[fama]]) Sabellis, Hor. S. 2, 1, 36: ita [[fama]] ferebat, Ov. M. 12, 197: [[duplex]] [[inde]] [[fama]] est, a twofold [[tradition]], Liv. 1, 1, 6.— In plur.: [[inhonestas]] famas adjungere diis, Arn. 7, 219: per omnem provinciam magnae atrocesque famae ibant, Sall. H. 1, 67 Dietsch, ex conj.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Stating the [[subject]]-[[matter]] or contents.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With de: si [[quis]] [[quid]] de republica a finitimis rumore aut [[fama]] acceperit, Caes. B. G. 6, 20, 1: si [[quid]] ipsi audistis communi [[fama]] [[atque]] sermone de vi, de manu, de armis, etc., Cic. Fl. 6, 13: de interitu P. Clodii, id. Mil. 35, 98: de Afranio [[fama]] est, id. Att. 7, 26, 1: de Titurii morte, Caes. B. G. 5, 39, 1; cf.: de [[victoria]] Caesaris, id. ib. 5, 53, 1; 5, 51, 1: de [[proelio]] Dyrrhachino, id. B. C. 3, 80.—Plur.: ingentes esse famas de Regulo, Arrunt. ap. Sen. Ep. 114, 19 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With an appos. [[clause]]: ne mihi hanc famam differant, Me ... dedisse, etc., Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 63; v. [[differo]], B. 2.: accipere [[fama]] et auditione, esse quoddam [[numen]] et vim deorum, Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95: [[quod]] [[tibi]] esse antiquissimum constante famā [[atque]] omnium sermone celebratum est, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 24; so, [[constans]] [[fama]], Liv. 6, 25, 4: cum esse praestantem Numam Pompilium [[fama]] ferret, Cic. Rep. 2, 13: cum [[fama]] per orbem terrarum percrebuisset, illum, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 43 fin.: [[fama]] nuntiabat, te esse in [[Syria]], Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 2: [[fama]] incerta duos equites venisse, a [[vague]] [[rumor]], Liv. 27, 50, 6: capsis quem (Cassium) [[fama]] est esse librisque Ambustum propriis, Hor. S. 1, 10, 63 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: vix ad aures meas istius suspicionis [[fama]] pervenit, Cic. Sull. 4, 12: [[propter]] incertam famam aeris alieni, an [[unsupported]] [[rumor]], Liv. 6, 27, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Personified: Fama, a [[goddess]], [[daughter]] of Terra, swiftfooted, all-[[seeing]], growing as she runs: Fama, [[malum]] [[qua]] non aliud velocius ullum, Verg. A. 4, 173 sq.; Ov. M. 12, 43 sq.; Val. Fl. 2, 116 sq.; Stat. Th. 3, 426 sq.; Ov. M. 8, 267; 9, 137; 14, 726; 15, 4; 853 al.<br /><b>II</b> The [[voice]] or [[judgment]] of the [[many]], [[public]] [[opinion]]; [[more]] freq. objectively, the [[fame]], [[character]], [[reputation]] [[which]] a [[man]] has, [[either]] in [[general]] or in [[particular]], as a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[reputation]], etc. ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: famam [[atque]] rumores [[pars]] altera consensum civitatis et [[velut]] publicum [[testimonium]] vocat: altera sermonem [[sine]] ullo [[certo]] auctore dispersum, cui [[malignitas]] [[initium]] dederit, [[incrementum]] [[credulitas]], Quint. 5, 3; cf.: [[adversus]] famam rumoresque hominum si [[satis]] [[firmus]] steteris, Liv. 22, 39, 18: [[contra]] opinionem militum famamque omnium videri [[proelium]] defugisse, magnum [[detrimentum]] afferebat, Caes. B. C. 1, 82, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 56 fin.: [[fama]] [[popularis]], [[popular]] [[fame]] or [[favor]], Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 4; 5, 16, 46: [[forensis]], Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 17: de bona [[fama]] ([[quam]] [[enim]] appellant εὐδοξίαν, aptius est hoc [[loco]] bonam famam appellare [[quam]] gloriam), Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57: bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio [[fama]] est, id. Att. 7, 26, 1; cf.: qui bonam famam bonorum, quae sola [[vere]] [[gloria]] nominari potest, expetunt, id. Sest. 66, 139; Sall. C. 7, 6: si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero [[dives]], Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 70 sq.: bona, Cat. 61, 62: [[bene]] loquendi [[fama]], Cic. Brut. 74, 259: eloquentiae, Quint. 7, 1, 41: sapientiae, Cic. Lael. 4, 15: pudica, Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 21: [[alium]] [[mala]] [[fama]] et [[timor]] impediebat, Sall. J. 35, 4: inconstantiae, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11: vappae ac nebulonis, Hor. S. 1, 2, 12.—In plur.: [[inter]] [[arma]] civilia aequi boni famas petit, Sall. Fragm. ap. Sen. Ep. 114, 19 (Hist. inc. lib. 76 Dietsch).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[good]] [[sense]], [[fair]] [[fame]], [[reputation]], [[renown]], = existumatio, [[fama]] bona: ut vos mihi domi eritis, [[proinde]] ego ero famā [[foris]], Tert. Hec. 2, 1, 21: [[fundamentum]] est perpetuae commendationis et famae justitia, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71: [[fama]] et [[existimatio]], id. Quint. 15, 50; cf.: ut [[ante]] collectam famam conservet (for [[which]], [[shortly]] [[after]]: habet existimationem [[multo]] sudore collectam), id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71: sic ejus (Archiae) [[adventus]] celebrabantur, ut famam ingenii [[exspectatio]] hominis superaret ... hac tanta celebritate famae cum esset jam absentibus [[notus]], etc. ([[shortly]] [[before]]: [[celeriter]] antecellere omnibus ingenii gloriā contigit), id. Arch. 3, 5; so corresp. to [[gloria]], id. Tusc. 1, 46, 110: [[fama]] ingeni abicienda, id. Fam. 9, 16, 3; [[with]] the [[latter]] cf.: [[anxius]] de [[fama]] ingenii, Quint. 11, 1, 50; 74: de alicujus [[fama]] detrahere, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5: famam in [[tuto]] collocare, Quint. 12, 11, 7: ejus scripta [[tantum]] [[intra]] famam sunt, id. 11, 3, 8: ad famam populi Romani pertinere, eos consules esse, etc., Liv. 10, 24, 17: (ut amicorum) aut [[caput]] agatur aut [[fama]], Cic. Lael. 17, 61: [[loco]], [[fortuna]], [[fama]] superiores, id. ib. 25, 94: [[virtus]], [[fama]], [[decus]] divitiis [[parent]], Hor. S. 2, 3, 95: cui [[gratia]], [[fama]], [[valetudo]], contingat [[abunde]], id. Ep. 1, 4, 10: famam dicendi fortius quaerunt, Quint. 2, 12, 9: [[Evadne]] ... Occidit Argivae [[fama]] pudicitiae, the [[glory]] or [[pride]] of Argive [[chastity]], i. e. of the [[chaste]] women of [[Argos]], Prop. 1, 15, 22.—Esp.: magna [[fama]], [[great]] [[reputation]], [[fame]], [[glory]]: magnam famam attulisse Fabio [[Tarentum]] rebatur, Liv. 27, 25, 11: magnam famam sui relinquere, Nep. Lys. 1, 1: habere, Plin. 36, 21, 39, § 149.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[bad]] [[sense]], illfame, [[infamy]], [[scandal]], = [[infamia]], [[fama]] [[mala]] ([[rare]]): opplere (aliquem) famā ac flagitiis, Turp. ap. Non. 306, 2; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 10: [[neque]] specie famāve movetur, Nec jam furtivum [[Dido]] meditatur amorem, Verg. A. 4, 172; Sall. C. 3, 5; Tac. A. 12, 49; Plin. [[Pan]]. 28, 1; cf.: [[laeta]] [[apud]] plerosque, [[apud]] quosdam [[sinistra]] [[fama]], Tac. A. 11, 19.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>fāma</b>,⁶ æ, f. ([[φήμη]]),<br /><b>1</b> bruit colporté, voix publique ; [joint à [[nuntius]], nouvelle apportée par messager] : Cæs. G. 6, 30, 2 ; 7, 8, 4 ; C. 3, 80, 7 ; ad Labienum incredibili celeritate de [[victoria]] Cæsaris [[fama]] perfertur Cæs. G. 5, 53, 1, le bruit de la victoire de César parvient à Labiénus avec une incroyable promptitude ; at fuit [[fama]] Cic. Cæl. 38, mais il y a eu des bruits : [[fama]] nuntiat, fert avec prop. inf. Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 2 ; Rep. 2, 25, la voix publique annonce, le bruit court que &#124;&#124; tradition : [[duplex]] [[fama]], [[quod]] ad Pleminium adtinet Liv. 29, 21, 1, il y a deux versions en ce qui concerne Pléminius ; accipere [[fama]] et auditione Cic. Nat. 2, 95, apprendre par tradition et par ouï-[[dire]] ; concedere famæ hominum Cic. Rep. 2, 4, faire une concession à la tradition<br /><b>2</b> opinion publique, jugement de la foule : [[contra]] opinionem militum famamque omnium Cæs. C. 1, 82, 2, contre l’[[attente]] des soldats et l’opinion de tous, cf. C. 3, 55, 2 ; dare [[aliquid]] famæ Hor. S. 2, 2, 94, faire des concessions à l’opinion publique, cf. Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 7 ; [en part.] mauvais [[propos]] de la foule, médisance, cf. Sall. C. 3, 5 ; Plin. Min. [[Pan]]. 28, 1 &#124;&#124; renommée, réputation : [[popularis]] Cic. Tusc. 3, 4, la renommée populaire ; [[bona]] [[fama]] ([[εὐδοξία]]) Cic. Fin. 3, 57, la bonne renommée, cf. Cic. Sest. 139 ; Att. 7, 26, 1 ; dubia Liv. 29, 14, 12, renommée suspecte ; [[bene]] loquendi Cic. Br. 259, réputation de parler correctement.||tradition : [[duplex]] [[fama]], [[quod]] ad Pleminium adtinet Liv. 29, 21, 1, il y a deux versions en ce qui concerne Pléminius ; accipere [[fama]] et auditione Cic. Nat. 2, 95, apprendre par tradition et par ouï-[[dire]] ; concedere famæ hominum Cic. Rep. 2, 4, faire une concession à la tradition<br /><b>2</b> opinion publique, jugement de la foule : [[contra]] opinionem militum famamque omnium Cæs. C. 1, 82, 2, contre l’[[attente]] des soldats et l’opinion de tous, cf. C. 3, 55, 2 ; dare [[aliquid]] famæ Hor. S. 2, 2, 94, faire des concessions à l’opinion publique, cf. Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 7 ; [en part.] mauvais [[propos]] de la foule, médisance, cf. Sall. C. 3, 5 ; Plin. Min. [[Pan]]. 28, 1||renommée, réputation : [[popularis]] Cic. Tusc. 3, 4, la renommée populaire ; [[bona]] [[fama]] ([[εὐδοξία]]) Cic. Fin. 3, 57, la bonne renommée, cf. Cic. Sest. 139 ; Att. 7, 26, 1 ; dubia Liv. 29, 14, 12, renommée suspecte ; [[bene]] loquendi Cic. Br. 259, réputation de parler correctement.
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{{Georges
|georg=fāma, ae, f. ([[φήμη]] dor. [[φάμα]]), das [[Gerede]] der [[Menge]], I) das erzählende, berichtende [[Reden]]-, [[Gerede]] der [[Leute]], das [[Gerücht]], der [[Ruf]], die [[Sage]], die [[Tradition]], [[auch]] die geschichtliche [[Überlieferung]] (s. Wölffl. Liv. 21, 1, 4), [[fama]] rerum, die [[Geschichte]], Tac.: [[exercitus]] ([[über]] die [[Ankunft]] [[des]] H.), Hirt. b. G.: istius suspicionis, Cic.: ad primam famam valetudinis, Suet. – ad Labienum per Remos incredibili celeritate de [[victoria]] Caesaris [[fama]] perfertur, Caes.: cum [[haec]] [[fama]] de [[nostrorum]] hominum [[avaritia]] et cupiditate percrebruerit, Cic.: [[fama]] est (es wird überliefert) Liv., [[fama]] fuit (es ging die [[Rede]]), Nep., vulgatior [[fama]] est, Liv., [[fama]] emergit (taucht [[auf]]), [[fama]] venerat, Cic., [[fama]] pervenerat [[Tarentum]], Liv., [[fama]] exierat (war erschollen), Nep., [[fama]] affert od. [[fama]] affertur, Liv., [[fama]] perfertur, Caes., [[fama]] per orbem terrarum percrebuit, Caes., [[fama]] nuntiabat, Cic., [[fama]] manat, Cic., [[fama]] tenet (erhält [[sich]], besteht), Liv., alle m. folg. Acc. u. Infin.: cum homines famā ferrent ([[als]] [[allgemein]] die [[Sage]] ging, es [[allgemein]] hieß), m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv.: [[fama]] per socios vulgavit, m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv.: erat [[fama]], [[quasi]] concubinas [[ipse]] divelleret, Suet.: famā accipere, [[durch]] [[Gerücht]] [[erfahren]], Caes.: ut [[fama]] loquitur, Vell.: ea [[fama]], [[quae]] plerosque obtinet, die herrschende [[Sage]], Sall.: inimici famam [[non]] [[ita]] ut [[nata]] est ferunt ([[verbreiten]]), Plaut. – Plur., maledicas famas ferunt ([[verbreiten]]), Plaut. trin. 186: [[inter]] [[arma]] civilia aequi bonique famas petit, Sall. hist. fr. inc. 1, 76 (42): per omnem provinciam magnae atrocesque famae ibant, *Sall. hist. fr. 1, 67 (66): ingentes [[esse]] famas de Regulo, Arrunt. in Sen. ep. 114, 19. – personif., Fama, [[als]] [[Gottheit]], [[Tochter]] der [[Terra]], [[schnellfüßig]], [[allsehend]], im Laufe wachsend, Verg. Aen. 4, 174 sqq. Ov. [[met]]. 12, 43 sqq. Val. Flacc. 2, 116 sqq. – II) das beurteilende [[Gerede]], das [[Urteil]] der [[Menge]], die öffentliche [[Meinung]], die Volksstimme, u. [[öfter]] [[objektiv]] = der [[Ruf]], in dem jmd. steht, A) im allg.: [[contra]] opinionem famamque omnium, Caes.: ut famam et opinionem hominum teneret, Caes.: f. [[popularis]], [[Volksmeinung]], [[Volksgunst]], Cic. – [[bona]] f. (ευδοξία), Cic.: bonam famam bonorum expetunt, Cic.: f. pudica, unbescholtener [[Ruf]], Prop. – [[mala]] f., Sall. – f. sapientiae, f. [[bene]] loquendi, Cic.: famam temeritatis subire, Cic.: famam inconstantiae [[non]] pertimescere, Cic. – ungew. Plur. [[gebraucht]] [[von]] Sall. in Sen. ep. 114, 19. – B) prägn.: 1) der [[Ruf]], [[Leumund]] = [[bona]] [[fama]] (s. no. A), der gute [[Ruf]], der gute [[Name]], der gute [[Leumund]], [[Ruhm]], huius [[omnis]] [[fama]] [[atque]] [[existimatio]], Cic.: famam collectam servare, Cic.: famam suam laedere, Plin. ep.: famam ingenii abicere, Cic.: famae consulere, Cic.: famae servire, Nep.: famae dare alqd, etw. [[auf]] den [[Ruf]] [[geben]], Hor.: dabat et famae, Tac.: famam alcis lacerare, Liv. u. Tac.: famam maculari dehonestarique, Liv. – v. Frauen = [[Frauenehre]], unbescholtener [[Ruf]], cognita [[fama]], Prop.: famam sororis defendere, Cic.: famae parcere, Sall. u. Tac.: u. = [[Ruhm]], [[Stolz]], Argivae [[fama]] pudicitiae, [[sie]] ([[nämlich]] [[Euadne]]), der [[Stolz]] der argivischen [[Züchtigkeit]], Prop. – 2) der [[Ruf]] = [[mala]] [[fama]] (s. no. A), der üble, [[böse]] [[Ruf]], die üble [[Nachrede]], der [[böse]] [[Leumund]], famam in se transtulit, Ter.: me [[eadem]] [[quae]] ceteros [[fama]] [[atque]] [[invidia]] vexabat, Sall.: moveri famā, Verg.
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