(adjective) : fămŭlus, a, um, 1. famulus
* Serving, serviceable, servile (poet.; perh. not ante-Aug.): aquae,Ov. F. 1, 286: turbae,Sil. 13, 360: dextrae,Luc. 4, 207: manus,Sil. 10, 647: artus,Val. Fl. 1, 749: vertex,Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 80: catenae,Claud. in Ruf. 2, 386: ripae,id. III. Cons. Hon. 203.

fămŭlus | fămŭla, ae (noun M.f) : (an archaic form famul, Enn. ap. Non. 110, 9; Lucr. 3, 1035 (al. 1048); for which cf. in the Oscan ‡ famel: famuli origo ab Oscis dependet, apud quos servus famel nominabatur, unde et familia vocata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 5 Müll.), , and , (
* Gen. plur.: famulum,Stat. S. 3, 4, 57; Val. Fl. 1, 752; 3, 20; 282) Sanscr. root dhā, to lay, found; Gr. τί-θη-μι; Osc. faama, house, v. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 254; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 183, a servant, attendant; a maid - servant, handmaid (class.).
* Masc.: iis, qui vi oppressos imperio coërcent, sit sane adhibenda saevitia, ut heris in famulos,Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24; Enn. ap. Fest. p. 229 Müll. (Ann. v. 157 ed. Vahl.); Plaut. As. 1, 3, 32; id. Mil. 2, 3, 80; id. Stich. 2, 2, 71; Cic. Lael. 15, 55; id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48; id. Rep. 2, 21; Verg. A. 1, 701; Hor. C. 3, 17, 16; Ov. H. 20, 79 et saep.: Idaeae matris famuli,Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21: sacrorum,Ov. M. 3, 574: dei alumni (Silenus),Hor. A. P. 239: sus erat infestae famulus vindexque Dianae,Ov. M. 8, 272; cf. Verg. A. 5, 95; of Actaeon's hounds,Ov. M. 3, 229; Vulg. Gen. 41, 12.
* Fem.: quam famulae longe fugitant furtimque cachinnant,Lucr. 4, 1176; Verg. A. 1, 703; 4, 391; Juv. 14, 81 al.: si virtus famula fortunae est,Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 2: res familiaris, quae est ministra et famula corporis,id. ib. 1, 31, 75; Vulg. Gen. 12, 16.

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