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|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.