amoenitas

Latin

Etymology

From amoenus (pleasant, delightful, lovely) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

amoenitās f (genitive amoenitātis); third declension

  1. pleasantness, pleasurableness, delightfulness, loveliness, agreeableness, charm

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative amoenitās amoenitātēs
genitive amoenitātis amoenitātum
dative amoenitātī amoenitātibus
accusative amoenitātem amoenitātēs
ablative amoenitāte amoenitātibus
vocative amoenitās amoenitātēs

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: amenitat
  • English: amenity
  • French: aménité
  • Italian: amenità
  • Portuguese: amenidade
  • Spanish: amenidad

References

  • amoenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • amoenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "amoenitas", 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)
  • amoenitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • pleasant districts; charming surroundings: loca amoena, amoenitas locorum