INFAMY Copy link • INFAMYinfamia (the loss of honor and a good name, in consequence of dishonorable conduct): ignominia (is rather a disgrace put upon anybody by one in authority; deprivation of political rights, privileges, etc., in consequence of a censure from some military or civil magistrate = ἀτιηία). To mark or cover with infamy, aliquem infamia notare; alicui infamiam irrogare (Jurisconsulti): aliquem ignominia notare (= to disgrace or degrade, Caes.). To bear disgrace and infamy without pain, ignominiam atque infamiam ferre sine dolore (Cic.): to expose anybody to infamy, alicui esse ignominiae; infamiam habere (Caes., B.G., 6, 22): infamiam ferre alicui (Tac., Ann., 12, 4). Baseness, disgrace (of an action), Vid.