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amoenus

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Latin

Etymology

The origin remains unexplained. Possibly from amo (I love), mino (I drive forth), or loaned from a substrate.

Pronunciation

Adjective

amoenus (feminine amoena, neuter amoenum, comparative amoenior, superlative amoenissimus, adverb amoenē or amoeniter); first/second-declension adjective

  1. charming, pleasant, agreeable, amenable
  2. lovely, delightful, beautiful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: amè
  • English: amene
  • French: amène
  • Italian: ameno
  • Portuguese: ameno
  • Spanish: ameno

See also

References

  • amoenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • amoenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • amoenus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • pleasant districts; charming surroundings: loca amoena, amoenitas locorum
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 39-40
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