Jupiter consoling Hercules for the loss of the son of his host says: stat sua cuique dies, breve et inreparabile tempus omnibus est vitae; sed famam extendere factis hoc virtutis opus[651].
Famam extendere factis: no fabulous personage of antiquity made more haste than Guynemer to multiply the exploits that increased his glory.
Summi quos in Republica obtinuerat honores orator ille Romanus, eaque quam servare famam Studiote curabat, in causa fuere quod in Condone Deos non ausus sit negare quamquam in contesta Philosophorum, etc.
Summi quos in Republica obtinnerat honores orator ille Romanus, ea que quam servare famam Studiote curabat, in causa fuere quod in Concione Deos non ansus sit negare quamquam in contesta Philosophorum, etc.
Utque alios industria, ita hunc ignavia ad famam protulerat=--While other men have attained to fame by their industry, this man has by his indolence.
Amittit famam qui se indignis comparat=--He loses repute who compares himself with unworthy people.
The motto which he affixed to this tract was indicative of his prevailing passion: "Famam extendere factis.
Famam extendere factis" was his favourite motto, and that which, when ennobled, he chose for his coat of arms.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "famam" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
