amoenus
Latin
Etymology
The origin remains unexplained. Possibly from amo (“I love”), mino (“I drive forth”), or loaned from a substrate.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈmoe̯.nus/, [aˈmoe̯.nʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.mɛ.nus/, [ˈaː.mɛ.nus]
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | amoenus | amoena | amoenum | amoenī | amoenae | amoena | |
| Genitive | amoenī | amoenae | amoenī | amoenōrum | amoenārum | amoenōrum | |
| Dative | amoenō | amoenō | amoenīs | ||||
| Accusative | amoenum | amoenam | amoenum | amoenōs | amoenās | amoena | |
| Ablative | amoenō | amoenā | amoenō | amoenīs | |||
| Vocative | amoene | amoena | amoenum | amoenī | amoenae | amoena | |
Descendants
See also
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
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