amandus

Latin

Etymology

Future passive participle (gerundive) of amō (“love”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈman.dus/, [äˈmän̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈman.dus/, [äˈmän̪d̪us]

Participle

amandus (feminine amanda, neuter amandum); first/second-declension participle

1. which is to be loved
2. which is to be liked
3. which is to be in obligation to

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	amandus	amanda	amandum		amandī	amandae	amanda
genitive	amandī	amandae	amandī		amandōrum	amandārum	amandōrum
dative	amandō	amandae	amandō		amandīs
accusative	amandum	amandam	amandum		amandōs	amandās	amanda
ablative	amandō	amandā	amandō		amandīs
vocative	amande	amanda	amandum		amandī	amandae	amanda

Related terms

• amandum
• amō

References

• “amandus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• amandus 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)
• amandus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) the word amicitia comes from amare: nomen amicitiae (or simply amicitia) dicitur ab amando
    
• amandus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “amandus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray