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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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈmoe̯.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈmɛː.nus]
Adjective
amoenus (feminine amoena, neuter amoenum, comparative amoenior, superlative amoenissimus, adverb amoenē or amoeniter); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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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
- 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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