famelicus

Latin

Etymology

From famēs via unattested *famēlis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /faˈmeː.li.kus/, [fäˈmeːlʲɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈme.li.kus/, [fäˈmɛːlikus]

Adjective

famēlicus (feminine famēlica, neuter famēlicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. hungry; starved; famished

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	famēlicus	famēlica	famēlicum		famēlicī	famēlicae	famēlica
genitive	famēlicī	famēlicae	famēlicī		famēlicōrum	famēlicārum	famēlicōrum
dative	famēlicō	famēlicae	famēlicō		famēlicīs
accusative	famēlicum	famēlicam	famēlicum		famēlicōs	famēlicās	famēlica
ablative	famēlicō	famēlicā	famēlicō		famēlicīs
vocative	famēlice	famēlica	famēlicum		famēlicī	famēlicae	famēlica

Descendants

• → Catalan: famèlic
• → French: famélique
• Galician: famelgo, → famélico
• Italian: famelico
• Portuguese: famelgo, → famélico
• Romanian: flămând
• Spanish: jamelgo, → famélico

References

• “famelicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “famelicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• famelicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.