amico

See also: Amico and amicò

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmi.ko/

Noun

amico (plural amicos)

1. friend

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin amīcus. Compare Catalan amic, Esperanto amiko, French ami, Ido amiko, Interlingua amico, Novial amike, Portuguese amigo, Romanian amic, Sardinian amícu, Spanish amigo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈmi.ko/ m
• IPA^(key): /a.ˈmi.tʃi/ m pl
• IPA^(key): /a.ˈmi.ka/ f
• IPA^(key): /a.ˈmi.ke/ f pl

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• Rhymes: -iko

Noun

amico m (plural amici), amica f (plural amiche)

1. friend, companion, pardner
2. boyfriend

Related terms

• amare
• amichevole
• amicizia
• amicone

Derived terms

• amico dell’uomo - “friend of the man” (idiomatically equivalent to "man's best friend"), dog

Verb

amico

1. first-person singular present indicative of amicarsi

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈmiː.koː/

Etymology 1

From amīcus (“friendly; friend”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

amīcō (present infinitive amīcāre, perfect active amīcāvī, supine amīcātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I make friendly to myself.

Inflection

Conjugation of amico (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	amīcō	amīcās	amīcat	amīcāmus	amīcātis	amīcant
	imperfect	amīcābam	amīcābās	amīcābat	amīcābāmus	amīcābātis	amīcābant
	future	amīcābō	amīcābis	amīcābit	amīcābimus	amīcābitis	amīcābunt
	perfect	amīcāvī	amīcāvistī	amīcāvit	amīcāvimus	amīcāvistis	amīcāvērunt, amīcāvēre
	pluperfect	amīcāveram	amīcāverās	amīcāverat	amīcāverāmus	amīcāverātis	amīcāverant
	future perfect	amīcāverō	amīcāveris	amīcāverit	amīcāverimus	amīcāveritis	amīcāverint
passive	present	amīcor	amīcāris, amīcāre	amīcātur	amīcāmur	amīcāminī	amīcantur
	imperfect	amīcābar	amīcābāris, amīcābāre	amīcābātur	amīcābāmur	amīcābāminī	amīcābantur
	future	amīcābor	amīcāberis, amīcābere	amīcābitur	amīcābimur	amīcābiminī	amīcābuntur
	perfect	amīcātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	amīcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	amīcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	amīcem	amīcēs	amīcet	amīcēmus	amīcētis	amīcent
	imperfect	amīcārem	amīcārēs	amīcāret	amīcārēmus	amīcārētis	amīcārent
	perfect	amīcāverim	amīcāverīs	amīcāverit	amīcāverīmus	amīcāverītis	amīcāverint
	pluperfect	amīcāvissem	amīcāvissēs	amīcāvisset	amīcāvissēmus	amīcāvissētis	amīcāvissent
passive	present	amīcer	amīcēris, amīcēre	amīcētur	amīcēmur	amīcēminī	amīcentur
	imperfect	amīcārer	amīcārēris, amīcārēre	amīcārētur	amīcārēmur	amīcārēminī	amīcārentur
	perfect	amīcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	amīcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	amīcā	—	—	amīcāte	—
	future	—	amīcātō	amīcātō	—	amīcātōte	amīcantō
passive	present	—	amīcāre	—	—	amīcāminī	—
	future	—	amīcātor	amīcātor	—	—	amīcantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		amīcāre	amīcāvisse	amīcātūrus esse	amīcārī	amīcātus esse	amīcātum īrī
participles		amīcāns	—	amīcātūrus	—	amīcātus	amīcandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		amīcāre	amīcandī	amīcandō	amīcandum	amīcātum	amīcātū

Etymology 2

Noun

amīcō

1. dative singular of amīcus
2. ablative singular of amīcus

References

• amico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amico” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be friendly with any one: uti aliquo amico