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Latin
Etymology
From amoenus (“pleasant, delightful, lovely”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
Noun
amoenitās f (genitive amoenitātis); third declension
- pleasantness, pleasurableness, delightfulness, loveliness, agreeableness, charm
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- pleasant districts; charming surroundings: loca amoena, amoenitas locorum