amictus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of amiciō.

Participle

amictus (feminine amicta, neuter amictum); first/second-declension participle

1. clothed, covered, dressed
2. surrounded
3. veiled

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	amictus	amicta	amictum		amictī	amictae	amicta
Genitive	amictī	amictae	amictī		amictōrum	amictārum	amictōrum
Dative	amictō		amictō		amictīs
Accusative	amictum	amictam	amictum		amictōs	amictās	amicta
Ablative	amictō	amictā	amictō		amictīs
Vocative	amicte	amicta	amictum		amictī	amictae	amicta

Noun

amictus m (genitive amictūs); fourth declension

1. cloak, mantle
2. clothing, garb
3. fashion
4. drapery

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amictus	amictūs
Genitive	amictūs	amictuum
Dative	amictuī	amictibus
Accusative	amictum	amictūs
Ablative	amictū	amictibus
Vocative	amictus	amictūs

Descendants

• French: amict
• Old Irish: micht
  • Irish: miocht
• Italian: amitto
• Portuguese: amicto

References

• “amictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• amictus 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)
• amictus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “amictus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “amictus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin