amicus

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English

Etymology

Abbreviation of amicus curiae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæm.ɪ.kəs/, /əˈmi.kəs/

Noun

amicus (plural amici)

  1. (law, informal) Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case.

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Latin

Etymology

    From amō (“I love”) +‎ -īcus, with the ending perhaps derived from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₁ (instrumental suffix) + *-kos, as also in pudīcus, mendīcus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    amīcus (feminine amīca, neuter amīcum, comparative amīcior, superlative amīcissimus, adverb amīcē); first/second-declension adjective

    1. friendly, well-disposed, amicable
    2. loyal, devoted to
    3. supporting, propitious, helpful
    4. welcome, dear

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative amīcus amīca amīcum amīcī amīcae amīca
    genitive amīcī amīcae amīcī amīcōrum amīcārum amīcōrum
    dative amīcō amīcae amīcō amīcīs
    accusative amīcum amīcam amīcum amīcōs amīcās amīca
    ablative amīcō amīcā amīcō amīcīs
    vocative amīce amīca amīcum amīcī amīcae amīca

    Noun

    amīcus m (genitive amīcī, feminine amīca); second declension

    1. male friend
      Synonyms: necessārius, comes, sodālis, concordia
      amīcum parāre ― to make a friend; to befriend
    2. (Augustan and later) courtier, minister, counsellor

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative amīcus amīcī
    genitive amīcī amīcōrum
    dative amīcō amīcīs
    accusative amīcum amīcōs
    ablative amīcō amīcīs
    vocative amīce amīcī

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    References

    • “amīcus” on page 130 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “amō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

    Further reading

    • “amicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “amicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • amicus 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)
    • amicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
      • he received from the senate the title of friend: a senatu amicus appellatus est (B. G. 1. 3)
      • (ambiguous) to be friendly with any one: uti aliquo amico
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