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amornormalized · amor5 analyses · 3 lemmas
Lemma 1ămŏr
nounmasculine
love; affection; the beloved; Cupid; affair; sexual/illicit/homosexual passion
Morphology2 analyses
nominative singularamor · regular
vocative singularamor · regular
Lewis & Short
ămor, like honos, labos, colos, ōris, [amo]
love (to friends, parents, ; and also in a low sense; hence , like amo, while caritas, like diligere, is esteem, regard, ; hence amor is used also of brutes, but caritas only of men; amo ); Doed. IV. p. 100 (but amor is related to benevolentia as the cause to the effect, since benevolentia designates only an external, friendly treatment; but amor a real, internal love); Doed. IV. p. 105 (very in all periods, and in every kind of style; in a low sense most in the and eleg. poets, Petron., and similar authors; amo ); constr. with in, erga, or the obj. (with the of the gerund, never in Cic., and perh. in no prose writer; but it is so found in Lucr., Ovid, and Hor.).
: ab his initiis noster in te amor profectus: in paternitatis amore, brotherly love ( ); Pet. 1, 7 bis — Of sexual love, whether lawful or unlawful: Medea amore saevo saucia, Enn. Med. Auct. ad (as a transl. of the , Eur. Med. prol. 8) — In both significations also in the
For the beloved object itself.
: Amor, the god of love, Love, Cupid: Illum conjugem, quem Amor dederat, qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, vet. — Also in the , Cupids, Loves.
A strong, passionate longing for something, desire, lust — With gerund, and. — , with
, a love-charm, philtre; upon which passage Serv. remarks: Secundum Plinium, qui dicit in Naturali Historiā (8, 42, 66, § 163 ) pullos equinos habere in fronte quandam carnem, quam eis statim natis adimit mater; quam si quis forte praeripuerit, odit pullum et lac ei denegat; hippomanes.
Lemma 2amo, amare, amavi, amatus
verb
to love, like; to fall in love with; to be fond of; to have a tendency to
Morphology1 analysis
present indicative passive 1st singularam + or · 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. — —
Lemma 3Amor
nounmasculine
love; affection; the beloved; Cupid; affair; sexual/illicit/homosexual passion
Morphology2 analyses
nominative singularamor · regular
vocative singularamor · regular
Lewis & Short
ămor, like honos, labos, colos, ōris, [amo]
love (to friends, parents, ; and also in a low sense; hence , like amo, while caritas, like diligere, is esteem, regard, ; hence amor is used also of brutes, but caritas only of men; amo ); Doed. IV. p. 100 (but amor is related to benevolentia as the cause to the effect, since benevolentia designates only an external, friendly treatment; but amor a real, internal love); Doed. IV. p. 105 (very in all periods, and in every kind of style; in a low sense most in the and eleg. poets, Petron., and similar authors; amo ); constr. with in, erga, or the obj. (with the of the gerund, never in Cic., and perh. in no prose writer; but it is so found in Lucr., Ovid, and Hor.).
: ab his initiis noster in te amor profectus: in paternitatis amore, brotherly love ( ); Pet. 1, 7 bis — Of sexual love, whether lawful or unlawful: Medea amore saevo saucia, Enn. Med. Auct. ad (as a transl. of the , Eur. Med. prol. 8) — In both significations also in the
For the beloved object itself.
: Amor, the god of love, Love, Cupid: Illum conjugem, quem Amor dederat, qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, vet. — Also in the , Cupids, Loves.
A strong, passionate longing for something, desire, lust — With gerund, and. — , with
, a love-charm, philtre; upon which passage Serv. remarks: Secundum Plinium, qui dicit in Naturali Historiā (8, 42, 66, § 163 ) pullos equinos habere in fronte quandam carnem, quam eis statim natis adimit mater; quam si quis forte praeripuerit, odit pullum et lac ei denegat; hippomanes.
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