famulus

American  

[fam-yuh-luhs] / ˈfæm jə ləs /

noun

• famuli
  plural

1. a servant or attendant, especially of a scholar or a magician.

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famulus British  

/ ˈfæmjʊləs /

noun

1. (formerly) the attendant of a sorcerer or scholar

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• famuli
  plural

Etymology

Origin of famulus

1830–40; < Latin: servant, slave; cf. family

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

famulus famuli

But my ill luck still followed me, for my father once more caused me to go about with him as his famulus, and would never allow me on any pretext to escape this task.

From Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study by W. G. (William George) Waters

His famulus Wagner, a type of the ardent and contented bookworm, comes in to get instruction on the art of public speaking, and Faust lays down the law to him.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. by Kuno Francke

At half-past five in the morning a bell rang, which brought in the famulus, who lighted the lantern hanging from the roof and summoned them all to prayers.

From Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach

The fact is, the Tarasconese hero was something worth painting,—squat, round-shouldered, head bent forward, the muffler round his chin like a strap, and his flaming little eye taking aim at the terrified famulus.

From Tartarin On The Alps by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

Like the magician's famulus, who rashly undertook to play the part of master, and who could evoke powers that he could not control, he was swamped in his own supplies.

From The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays by James Russell Lowell

That is right, Harry," he said; "faithful little famuli, see all and say nothing.

From The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne by William Makepeace Thackeray