amoenitas
Latin
Etymology
From amoenus (“pleasant, delightful, lovely”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈmoe̯.nɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈmɛː.ni.t̪as]
Noun
amoenitās f (genitive amoenitātis); third declension
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
- (agreeableness, charm): dulcēdō, dulcitūdō, iūcunditās, lepor
Related terms
Descendants
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
- pleasant districts; charming surroundings: loca amoena, amoenitas locorum