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in-fāmo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. infamis,
I.to bring into ill repute, to brand with infamy, to disgrace, dishonor, defame (rare but class.).
I. Lit.: “ut tua moderatio et gravitas aliorum infamet injuriam,” Cic. Fam. 9, 12: Juppiter infamat seque suamque domum, Prop. 3, 11, 28 (4, 10, 28 M.): “hunc infamatum,” branded, Nep. Alc. 11: “infamata dea,” ill-famed, ill-renowned, Ov. M. 14, 446: “Acheloön,” Stat. Th. 7, 416: “suspecti testes, quos vitae humilitas infamaverit,” Paul. Sent. 5, 15, 1.—
II. Transf., to blame, accuse, charge (post-Aug.): “aliquem temeritatis,” Sen. Ep. 22: “infamandae rei causa,” Liv. 40, 7, 8: “fidem,” Quint. 10, 1, 74.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.12
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.446
    • Cornelius Nepos, Alcibiades, 11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 7.8
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.74
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 22
    • Statius, Thebias, 7
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