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amicusnormalized · amicus2 analyses · 2 lemmas

Morphology1 analysis

nominative singularamic + us · regular

Lewis & Short

ămīcus, a, um, [amo]

friendly, kind, amicable, favorable, inclined to, liking; constr. with, Zumpt, Gram. §. — — ; but the and may sometimes be rendered as belonging to 2. amicus, a greater friend, the greatest friend, as in, and.

Of things, kindly, pleasing mostly : fessos opibus solatur amicis.

Amicum est mihi (after the ; in pure , mihi cordi est, ); with , it pleases me, it accords with my feelings. — Hence, , in a friendly manner, kindly, amicably.

Old form ămīcĭter, Pac.

form ămīcē. — * —

ămīcus, i, [from amo, as from, and from]

amicūm.

A friend; constr. with or poss. ;: Amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. : and 57 — Also for patronus, patron, protector — And for socius, companion.

In polit. relations, a friend of the State who was not always socius, an ally, but the socius was always amicus.

In and after the per., a counsellor, courtier, minister of a prince, Dähn. — Hence, ămī-ca, ae,

In bon. , a female friend very rare.

In mal. , = meretrix, a concubine, mistress, courtesan ( in the comic poets; in in Att. usage): eum suus pater ab amicā abduxit, Naev. ; 4, 6, 15

Morphology1 analysis

masculine nominative singularamic + us · regular

Lewis & Short

ămīcus, a, um, [amo]

friendly, kind, amicable, favorable, inclined to, liking; constr. with, Zumpt, Gram. §. — — ; but the and may sometimes be rendered as belonging to 2. amicus, a greater friend, the greatest friend, as in, and.

Of things, kindly, pleasing mostly : fessos opibus solatur amicis.

Amicum est mihi (after the ; in pure , mihi cordi est, ); with , it pleases me, it accords with my feelings. — Hence, , in a friendly manner, kindly, amicably.

Old form ămīcĭter, Pac.

form ămīcē. — * —

ămīcus, i, [from amo, as from, and from]

amicūm.

A friend; constr. with or poss. ;: Amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. : and 57 — Also for patronus, patron, protector — And for socius, companion.

In polit. relations, a friend of the State who was not always socius, an ally, but the socius was always amicus.

In and after the per., a counsellor, courtier, minister of a prince, Dähn. — Hence, ămī-ca, ae,

In bon. , a female friend very rare.

In mal. , = meretrix, a concubine, mistress, courtesan ( in the comic poets; in in Att. usage): eum suus pater ab amicā abduxit, Naev. ; 4, 6, 15

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