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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of amō (“love”).
Pronunciation
Participle
amāns (genitive amantis, comparative amantior, superlative amantissimus, adverb amanter); third-declension one-termination participle
- loving
- being fond of, liking
- being under obligation to; being obliged to
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
Derived terms
Noun
amāns m or f (genitive amantis); third declension
- lover, sweetheart
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Descendants
References
- “amans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “amans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amans 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)
- amans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- truthful; veracious: veritatis amans, diligens, studiosus
- to be (very) patriotic: patriae amantem (amantissimum) esse (Att. 9. 22)