Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 120.amor on page 120
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amor love
amor is a Latin Noun that primarily means love.
Definitions for amor
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
LOVE
English derivatives:
amorous enamored
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Sexual passion, love. (b) illicit or homosexual passion. (c) (concr., usu. pl.) the object of one's love, one's beloved.
- 2
A love affair, amour; sexual intercourse.
- 3
Love for one's relations, friends, etc., affection; self-love. (b) affection of peoples, between nations, etc. (c) ~or patriae etc., patriotism. (d) (concr.) an object of affection.
Sentences with amor
Latin to English
Amor patriae in cīvitāte nostrā valēbat.Compare Love of country was strong in our state.
Amor patriae in omnī animō sentiēbātur (sentiētur, sentītur, sēnsus est). Compare In every soul the love of country used to be felt (will be felt, is felt, was felt).
Declension table for amor
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | amor | amōrēs |
| Gen. | amōris | amōrum |
| Dat. | amōrī | amōribus |
| Acc. | amōrem | amōrēs |
| Abl. | amōre | amōribus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 45.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 120.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "amor, amōris (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 2, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/amor-amoris.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 45.amor, amōris on page 45
