noun · femininefirst declension
amīca
amīca f (genitive amīcae, masculine amīcus)
Classical[aˈmiː.ka]Ecclesiastical[aˈmiː.ka]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- femininefemale equivalent of amīcus: a female friend
- concubine, girlfriend
Dilexi tum te non tantum ut uulgus amicam, / sed pater ut gnatos diligit et generos.
I loved you not so much as the common man does his concubine, but as a father loves his children and sons-in-law.c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 72.3–4
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
puella amāta; cāra puella quae tēcum est.amīca -ae f — in Mille Verba, Convīvium
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amīca | amīcae |
| genitive | amīcae | amīcārum |
| dative | amīcae | amīcīs |
| accusative | amīcam | amīcās |
| ablative | amīcā | amīcīs |
| vocative | amīca | amīcae |
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
ămīca, v 2. amicus.
Origins
Descendants
- Catalanamiga
- Frenchamie
- Italianamica
- Romanianamicăfrom Italian amica
- Portugueseamiga
- Spanishamiga
- Asturianamiga
- Dalmatianamaica
- Franco-Provençalamia
- Friulianamie