amans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of amō (“love”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.mãːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.mans]

Participle

amāns (genitive amantis, comparative amantior, superlative amantissimus, adverb amanter); third-declension one-termination participle

loving
being fond of, liking
being under obligation to; being obliged to

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	amāns		amantēs	amantia
genitive	amantis		amantium
dative	amantī		amantibus
accusative	amantem	amāns	amantēs amantīs	amantia
ablative	amante amantī¹		amantibus
vocative	amāns		amantēs	amantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

peramāns

Noun

amāns m or f (genitive amantis); third declension

lover, sweetheart

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	amāns	amantēs
genitive	amantis	amantium
dative	amantī	amantibus
accusative	amantem	amantēs amantīs
ablative	amante	amantibus
vocative	amāns	amantēs

Descendants

Aragonese: amant
Asturian: amante
Catalan: amant
Corsican: amante
Extremaduran: amante
French: amant
Galician: amante
Istriot: amante
Italian: amante
Occitan: aimant
Portuguese: amante
Romanian: amant
Spanish: amante

References

“amans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“amans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"amans", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
amans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- truthful; veracious: veritatis amans, diligens, studiosus
- to be (very) patriotic: patriae amantem (amantissimum) esse (Att. 9. 22)