noun · femininethird declension
amātiō
amātiō f (genitive amātiōnis)
Classical[aˈmaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[aˈmat.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- lovemaking; a manifestation of love
Spectātōrēs, ad pudīcōs mōrēs facta haec fābula est, neque in hāc subigitātiōnēs sunt neque ūlla amātiō nec puerī suppositiō nec argentī circumductiō,
Spectators, this play was made with regard to chaste mores: neither in it are lascivious caresses nor any lovemaking, nor the substitution of a child, nor the swindling of money, nor where a loving youth frees a prostitute secretly from his father.c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 5.4.32–35
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amātiō | amātiōnēs |
| genitive | amātiōnis | amātiōnum |
| dative | amātiōnī | amātiōnibus |
| accusative | amātiōnem | amātiōnēs |
| ablative | amātiōne | amātiōnibus |
| vocative | amātiō | amātiōnēs |
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
ămātĭo, ōnis, f. amo,
I. love, caressing, fondling (perh. only in Plaut.):
tua mihi odiosa est amatio, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 20; so id. Poen. 5, 2, 136; id. Rud. 4, 5, 14: neque in hac (fabulā) amatio, intrigue, id. Capt. epil. 2.—In plur., Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 53.Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Italic *amāō Latin amō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin amātiō From amō + -tiō.