amica

• IPA^(key): /aˈmi.ka/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: a‧mì‧ca

From Latin amīca (“friend”).

amica f (plural amiche, masculine amico, diminutive (especially in reference to a child) amichétta; (uncommon) amicùccia or amichìna, augmentative (jocular) amicóna)

1. female equivalent of amico
2. girlfriend

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

amica

1. feminine singular of amico

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

amica

1. inflection of amicarsi:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• amica in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈmiː.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈmiː.ka]

amīca f (genitive amīcae, masculine amīcus); first declension

1. female equivalent of amīcus: a female friend
2. (Catullus) concubine, girlfriend
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 72.3–4:

     Dilexi tum te non tantum ut uulgus amicam, / sed pater ut gnatos diligit et generos.

     I loved you not so much as the common man does his concubine, but as a father loves his children and sons-in-law.

First-declension noun.

• amīcus
• amō

• “amica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• amica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

amīca

1. inflection of amīcus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

amīcā

1. ablative feminine singular of amīcus

amica

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of amică

From Latin amīca (“friend”). Compare Italian amica.

amica f (plural amichi, masculine amicu)

1. female equivalent of amicu (“friend”)