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amicus

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English

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of amicus curiae.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈæm.ɪ.kəs/, /əˈmi.kəs/

Noun

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amicus (plural amici)

  1. (law, informal) Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case.

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From amō (I love) +‎ -īcus, with the ending perhaps derived from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₁ (instrumental suffix) + *-kos, as also in pudīcus, mendīcus.

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    Adjective

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    amīcus (feminine amīca, neuter amīcum, comparative amīcior, superlative amīcissimus, adverb amīcē); first/second-declension adjective

    1. friendly, well-disposed, amicable
    2. loyal, devoted to
    3. supporting, propitious, helpful
    4. welcome, dear

    Declension

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    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative amīcus amīca amīcum amīcī amīcae amīca
    genitive amīcī amīcae amīcī amīcōrum amīcārum amīcōrum
    dative amīcō amīcae amīcō amīcīs
    accusative amīcum amīcam amīcum amīcōs amīcās amīca
    ablative amīcō amīcā amīcō amīcīs
    vocative amīce amīca amīcum amīcī amīcae amīca

    Noun

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    amīcus m (genitive amīcī, feminine amīca); second declension

    1. male friend
      Synonyms: necessārius, comes, sodālis, concordia
      amīcum parāreto make a friend; to befriend
    2. (Augustan and later) courtier, minister, counsellor

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun.

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    References

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    • amīcus” on page 130 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “amō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

    Further reading

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    • amicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • amicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • amicus 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)
    • amicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • he received from the senate the title of friend: a senatu amicus appellatus est (B. G. 1. 3)
      • (ambiguous) to be friendly with any one: uti aliquo amico