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Latin
Etymology
Future passive participle (gerundive) of amō (“love”).
Pronunciation
Participle
amandus (feminine amanda, neuter amandum); first/second-declension participle
- which is to be loved
- which is to be liked
- which is to be in obligation to
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “amandus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amandus 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)
- amandus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) the word amicitia comes from amare: nomen amicitiae (or simply amicitia) dicitur ab amando
- amandus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “amandus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray