amatio
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈmaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈmat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
amātiō f (genitive amātiōnis); third declension
- lovemaking; a manifestation of love
- c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 1029–1032:
- Spectātōrēs, ad pudīcōs mōrēs facta haec fābula est,
neque in hāc subigitātiōnēs sunt neque ūlla amātiō
nec puerī suppositiō nec argentī circumductiō,
neque ubi amāns adulēscēns scortum līberet clam suom patrem.- Spectators, this play was made with regard to chaste mores:
neither in it are lascivious caresses nor any lovemaking,
nor the substitution of a child, nor the swindling of money,
nor where a loving youth frees a prostitute secretly from his father.
- Spectators, this play was made with regard to chaste mores:
- Spectātōrēs, ad pudīcōs mōrēs facta haec fābula est,
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amātiō | amātiōnēs |
| genitive | amātiōnis | amātiōnum |
| dative | amātiōnī | amātiōnibus |
| accusative | amātiōnem | amātiōnēs |
| ablative | amātiōne | amātiōnibus |
| vocative | amātiō | amātiōnēs |
Related terms
References
- “amatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- amatio in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung