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Latin
Etymology
The origin remains unexplained. Possibly from amo (“I love”), mino (“I drive forth”), or loaned from a substrate.
Pronunciation
Adjective
amoenus (feminine amoena, neuter amoenum, comparative amoenior, superlative amoenissimus, adverb amoenē or amoeniter); first/second-declension adjective
- charming, pleasant, agreeable, amenable
- lovely, delightful, beautiful
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “amoenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “amoenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amoenus 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
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN