amoenitas
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From amoenus (“pleasant, delightful, lovely”) + -tās.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈmoe̯.ni.taːs/, [äˈmoe̯nɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈme.ni.tas/, [äˈmɛːnit̪äs]
Noun[edit]
amoenitās f (genitive amoenitātis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | amoenitās | amoenitātēs |
Genitive | amoenitātis | amoenitātum |
Dative | amoenitātī | amoenitātibus |
Accusative | amoenitātem | amoenitātēs |
Ablative | amoenitāte | amoenitātibus |
Vocative | amoenitās | amoenitātēs |
Synonyms[edit]
- (agreeableness, charm): dulcēdō, dulcitūdō, iūcunditās, lepor
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- pleasant districts; charming surroundings: loca amoena, amoenitas locorum
- pleasant districts; charming surroundings: loca amoena, amoenitas locorum