Amor

See also: amor, amôr, and amor-

English

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Amor

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Etymology 1

From the type object, 1221 Amor, itself from Latin Amor, the god of love.

Noun

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Amor asteroid

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Amor (plural Amors)

1. (astronomy) An asteroid that orbits between the orbits of Earth and Mars.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Amor. This surname was introduced in England by the Normans.

Proper noun

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Amor (name)

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Amor (plural Amors)

1. A surname.
2. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Amor is the 19456^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1389 individuals. Amor is most common among White (39.02%), Hispanic/Latino (36.14%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (20.59%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Amor”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 35.

Anagrams

• moar, roam, Maor, Roma, Mora, Oram, Omar, armo, roma, Ramo, mora, Armo

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: A‧mor

Proper noun

Amor

1. a surname
2. a female given name

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Amor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːmoːɐ̯/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Amor m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amors or Amor)

1. (Roman mythology, poetic) Cupid

   Synonym: Cupido

   • 1827, Heinrich Heine, “Die Heimkehr”, in Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:

     Doch als es morgens tagte, / Mein Kind, wie staunten wir! / Denn zwischen uns saß Amor, / Der blinde Passagier

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Amor [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Amor
genitive	eines	des	Amors, Amor
dative	einem	dem	Amor
accusative	einen	den	Amor

Derived terms

• Amorette
• Amors Pfeil

Further reading

• “Amor” in Duden online
• “Amor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Etymology

See amor (“love”)

Proper noun

Amor m (genitive Amōris); third declension

1. (personification of "amor" or love): Love, God of Love, Cupid
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.412:

     Improbē Amor, quid nōn mortālia pectora cōgis?

     Wicked Love, to what [ends] do you not compel mortal hearts?
     (Venus had sent Cupid to entice Dido’s love for Aeneas. Translations – Mackail, 1885: “Injurious Love, to what dost thou not compel mortal hearts!”; Knight, 1956: “Ah, merciless Love, is there any length to which you cannot force the human heart to go?”; Mandelbaum, 1971: “Voracious Love, to what do you not drive the hearts of men?”; West, 1990: “Love is a cruel master. There are no lengths to which it does not force the human heart.”; Lombardo, 2005: “Cruel Love, what do you not force human hearts to bear?”; Ahl, 2007: “Ruthless Love! Hearts break, humans die. How far must you force us?”; Bartsch, 2020: “Cursed love, you make us stoop to anything.”; Ruden, 2021: “Reprobate Love, wrencher of human hearts!”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Amor	Amōrēs
genitive	Amōris	Amōrum
dative	Amōrī	Amōribus
accusative	Amōrem	Amōrēs
ablative	Amōre	Amōribus
vocative	Amor	Amōrēs

Spanish

Etymology

From amor (“love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmoɾ/ [aˈmoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: A‧mor

Proper noun

Amor m or f by sense

1. a surname

Swedish

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Amor

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Proper noun

Amor c (genitive Amors)

1. (Roman mythology) Cupid (god of love)

   Synonyms: (literary) Astrild, (uncommon) Cupido

   träffas av Amors pilar

   be struck by Cupid's arrow (literally "arrows," idiomatic)

See also

• kärleksgud