amita

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Adjective

amita (accusative singular amitan, plural amitaj, accusative plural amitajn)

  1. singular past passive participle of ami

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *amma, *ama (“mother”), a lost baby-word of the papa-type; compare amō (“I love”), Old High German amma (“wet nurse”).

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Noun

amita f (genitive amitae); first declension

  1. paternal aunt; father's sister

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amita amitae
Genitive amitae amitārum
Dative amitae amitīs
Accusative amitam amitās
Ablative amitā amitīs
Vocative amita amitae

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References

  • “amita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “amita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • amita 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)
  • amita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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