LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

amīcitia

amīcitia f (genitive amīcitiae)
Classical[a.miːˈkɪ.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[a.miˈt͡ʃit.t͡si.a]
№ 690 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. friendship
    Amicitiam alicui renuntioto abandon one's friendship
    Amicitiam populi Romani sibi ornamento et praesidio, non detrimento esse oportere, atque se hac spe petisse.That the friendship of the Roman people ought to prove to him an ornament and a safeguard, not a detriment; and that he sought it with that expectation.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.44
  2. an alliance

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Mille Verba cover
amor et fidēs inter amīcōs.
amīcitia -ae f — in Mille Verba, Animus et Adfectūs
Seneca cover
friendship
amīcitia — in Seneca, ch. XI

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeamīcitiaamīcitiae
genitiveamīcitiaeamīcitiārum
dativeamīcitiaeamīcitiīs
accusativeamīcitiamamīcitiās
ablativeamīcitiāamīcitiīs
vocativeamīcitiaamīcitiae

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

ămīcĭtĭa, ae, f. (
I. gen. sing. amicitiāï, Lucr. 3, 83; acc. amicitiem, id. 5, 1019 Lachm.; cf. Charis. p. 94 P., and Neue, Formenl. I. p. 372) [amicus], friendship (very freq. in Cic., occurring more than 200 times).
I. Lit.: Est autem amicitia nihil aliud nisi omnium divinarum humanarumque rerum cum benevolentiā et caritate summa consensio, Cic. Am. 6: eo ego ingenio natus sum: amicitiam atque inimicitiam in frontem promptam gero, Enn. ap. Non. 129, 26: jam diu ego huic bene et hic mihi volumus, et amicitia est antiqua, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 4: Per te deos oro et nostram amicitiam, Ter. And. 3, 3, 6: sperata voluptas Suavis amicitiae, Lucr. 1, 142: vincula amicitiaï, id. 3, 83. The expressions usually connected with it are: amicitiam incipere, Ter. And. 3, 3, 7: amicitia nascitur, Cic. Am. 9, 29: amicitia exardescit, id. ib. 27, 100: est mihi amicitia cum aliquo, id. Clu. 42: amicitia est inter aliquos, id. Planc. 33: esse in amicitiā cum aliquo, Nep. Hann. 2, 4: in amicitiam recipere, Cic. Att. 2, 20: amicitiam colere, id. Fam. 15, 14: contrahere, id. Am. 14: gerere, id. Fam. 3, 8, and Nep. Dat. 10, 3: tueri, Cic. Fin. 1, 20: jungere, Lucr. 5, 1019; Cic. Deiot. 9; Vulg. Exod. 34, 12: expetere, Cic. Am. 13: comparare, id. Rosc. Am. 38: parere, Nep. Alcib. 7, 5: conferre se ad amicitiam alicujus, Cic. Brut. 81: dedere se amicitiae alicujus, Caes. B. G. 3, 22: accedere ad amicitiam alicujus, Nep. Eum. 1, 4: in amicitias incidere, Cic. Am. 12, 42: amicitiā alicujus uti, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 43: pervenire in intimam amicitiam alicujus, Nep. Alcib. 5, 3: manere in amicitiā, Cic. Verr 2, 5, 32: amicitiam violare, Liv. 34, 31: deserere jura amicitiae, Cic. Am. 10: funditus evertere, id. Fin. 2, 25: dissociare, id. Am. 20: dimittere, dissuere, discindere, id. ib. 21: dirumpere, id. ib. 22 fin.: dissolvere, Vulg. Eccli. 22, 5: deficere ab amicitiā alicujus, Nep. Con. 2, 2: repudiare amicitiam alicujus, Cic. Planc. 19: renunciare amicitiam alicui, Liv. 42, 25.—
II. Transf.
A. In the histt., a league of friendship, an alliance between different nations, = foedus: Ubii, qui amicitiam fecerant, Caes. B. G. 4, 16: amicitiam populi Romani colere, Sall. J. 8, 2: in amicitiam Populi Romani venire, Liv. 22, 37: reges bello victos in amicitiam recipere, Sall. J. 14, 5: foedus et amicitia, id. ib. 104, 5: amicitia et foedus, id. ib. 104, 4: amicitia ac societas, Liv. 7, 31: amicitiae foedus, id. 42, 12: amicitiam petere, id. 38, 18: quae urbes in amicitiā permanserant, id. 43, 21; 10, 45: amicitias cum aliquo facere, Vulg. 2 Reg. 31, 2: cum aliquo inire, ib. 2 Par. 20, 35 al. —
B. In botany, of plants, sympathy: rutae cum flco, Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 156: inter has vitium amicitiā accipitur ulmus, id. 16, 17, 29, § 72.—
C. In post-Aug. Lat., abstr. pro concr. = amici: hospitem nisi ex amicitiā domini quam rarissime recipiat, Col. 11, 1, 23 (cf. before: hospitem nisi amicum familiaremque domini necessarium receperit): quin et parte ejusdem epistulae increpuit amicitias muliebres, Tac. A. 5, 2: omnes amicitias et familiaritates intra breve tempus adflixit, Suet. Tib. 51.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Italic *amāō Latin amō Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Latin amīcus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin amīcitia From amīcus (“friendly”) + -itia.

Descendants
  • Italianamicizia
  • Portugueseamicícia
  • Romanianamiciție
  • Spanishamicicia