amoenus

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

  1. charming, pleasant, agreeable, amenable
  2. lovely, delightful, beautiful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative amoenus amoena amoenum amoenī amoenae amoena
Genitive amoenī amoenae amoenī amoenōrum amoenārum amoenōrum
Dative amoenō amoenō amoenīs
Accusative amoenum amoenam amoenum amoenōs amoenās amoena
Ablative amoenō amoenā amoenō amoenīs
Vocative amoene amoena amoenum amoenī amoenae amoena

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Catalan: amè
  • English: amene
  • French: amène
  • Italian: ameno
  • Portuguese: ameno
  • Spanish: ameno

See also

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
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