Lemma 1amo, amare, amavi, amatus
verb
to love, like; to fall in love with; to be fond of; to have a tendency toMorphology
perfect indicative active 1st singularamau + i · regular
Lewis & Short
ămo, āvi, ātum, 1, [ kam = to love; = sam = sammt; same, similis; with the radical notion of likeness, union]to like, to love, (both in the higher and the lower sense, odisse; while diligere designates esteem, regard; neglegere or spernere; in the high sense in the philos. writings and Epp. of Cicero; often in the low sense, in the comic poets. In the amo and amor are comparatively little used, prob. from their bad associations, amo being used 51 times and amor 20. Instead of these words, diligo, dilectio and caritas were used. Diligo (incl. dilectus) occurs 422 times, and dilectio and caritas 144 times in all; dilectio 43 and caritas 101 times).
— So, amare aliquem ex animo, to love with all one's heart. — Amare in ccntr. with diligere, as stronger, more affectionate: Clodius valde me diligit, vel, ut dicam, valde me amat — But diligere, as indicative of esteem, is more emph. than amare, which denotes an instinctive or affectionate love: diligis me plus his? Etiam, Domine, tu scis quia amo te, , ubi Alford, Test. al. — Hence in asseverations: ita (sic) me dii (bene) ament or amabunt, so may the gods love me, by the love of the gods, most assuredly: ( the in its connection). — Hence also ellipt.: ita me Juppiter! (sc. amet or amabit), (so in with different ellipsis, bless me! sc. God). — And as a salutation: Me. Salvus atque fortunatus, Euclio, semper sies. Eu. Di te ament, Me gadore, the gods bless you!
Amare se, of vain men, to be in love with, to be pleased with one's self, also, to be selfish (used mostly by Cic.)
Of unlawful love: ; Heind.
, to love a thing, to like, to be fond of, to find pleasure in, delight in: amat Janua limen, loves to remain shut, is constantly closed — With as object.
Amare aliquem de or in aliquā re, quod, , to like one for something, to be obliged to one for something, to be under obligation, be thankful.
With de.
With in.
With quod: amas me, quod te non vidi? Domit. Afer. — Also without or quod: soror, parce, amabo. Anter. Quiesco. Adelph. Ergo amo te, I like you, am much obliged to you. — Hence in the eilipt. lang. of conversation, amabo or amabo te (never amabo vos, ), I shall like you (if you say, do, , that for me). — Hence in entreaties = oro, quaeso, precor (with ut or ne foll.), be so good, I pray, entreat you in Plaut. and Ter. very ; in the latter always amabo without te: : al. — With ut or ne foll.
With , to do a thing willingly, to be wont or accustomed to (; mostly or in prose) — Hence, ămans, antis, P. a., with or
Fond, loving, kind, feeling kindly to, benevolent, pleasing; and , a friend, patron; Amos, 5, 11: amantissima eorum non proderunt iis, their most pleasant things.
, of things, friendly, affectionate.
Sometimes in a bad sense = amator or amica, a paramour; Wolf ad — Hence, ămanter, , lovingly, affectionately. — —