amicus
English
Etymology
Abbreviation of amicus curiae.
Noun
amicus (plural amici)
- (law, informal) Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case.
Synonyms
- amicus curiae (formal)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈmiː.kus/, [aˈmiː.kʊs]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | amīcus | amīca | amīcum | amīcī | amīcae | amīca | |
| Genitive | amīcī | amīcae | amīcī | amīcōrum | amīcārum | amīcōrum | |
| Dative | amīcō | amīcae | amīcō | amīcīs | amīcīs | amīcīs | |
| Accusative | amīcum | amīcam | amīcum | amīcōs | amīcās | amīca | |
| Ablative | amīcō | amīcā | amīcō | amīcīs | amīcīs | amīcīs | |
| Vocative | amīce | amīca | amīcum | amīcī | amīcae | amīca | |
- comparative: amīcior, superlative: amīcissimus
Noun
amīcus m (genitive amīcī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | amīcus | amīcī |
| Genitive | amīcī | amīcōrum |
| Dative | amīcō | amīcīs |
| Accusative | amīcum | amīcōs |
| Ablative | amīcō | amīcīs |
| Vocative | amīce | amīcī |
Derived terms
- amīca
- amīcābilis
- amīcālis
- amīcē
- amīciter
- amīcitia
- amīcō
- amīcōsus
- amīculus
- amīcus cūriae
- inimīcus
- peramicus
Descendants
- Corsican: amicu
- Gallurese: amicu
- Dalmatian: amaic
- Italian: amico
- → Romanian: amic
- Navarro-Aragonese:
- Aragonese: amigo
- Old French: ami, amic
- Old Leonese:
- Old Occitan: amic
- Old Portuguese: amigo, amig'
- Old Spanish: amigo, amygo
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Sardinian: amícu, amigu
- Sassarese: amiggu
- Sicilian: amicu
- Venetian: amigo
- → Albanian: mik
- → Czech: amík
- → Dutch: amice
References
- amicus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amicus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amicus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- amicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- he received from the senate the title of friend: a senatu amicus appellatus est (B. G. 1. 3)
- (ambiguous) to be friendly with any one: uti aliquo amico
- he received from the senate the title of friend: a senatu amicus appellatus est (B. G. 1. 3)
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