adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
amoenus
amoenus (feminine amoena, neuter amoenum, comparative amoenior, superlative amoenissimus, adverb amoenē or amoeniter)
Classical[aˈmoe̯.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[aˈmɛː.nus]
amoena sg. nom. f.; pl. nom. n.; pl. acc. n.; sg. abl. f.; sg. voc. f.; pl. voc. n.Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- adjectivecharming, pleasant, agreeable, amenable
- adjectivelovely, delightful, beautiful
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
pulcher et grātus oculīs; locus amoenus.amoenus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Rūs et Agrīcultūra
pulcher, dēlectānsamoenus -a -um — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 23
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | amoenus | amoena | amoenum |
| genitive | amoenī | amoenae | amoenī |
| dative | amoenō | amoenae | amoenō |
| accusative | amoenum | amoenam | amoenum |
| ablative | amoenō | amoenā | amoenō |
| vocative | amoene | amoena | amoenum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | amoenī | amoenae | amoena |
| genitive | amoenōrum | amoenārum | amoenōrum |
| dative | amoenīs | amoenīs | amoenīs |
| accusative | amoenōs | amoenās | amoena |
| ablative | amoenīs | amoenīs | amoenīs |
| vocative | amoenī | amoenae | amoena |
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
ămoenus, a, um, adj. amo; some comp. ἀμείνων,
I. lovely, delightful, pleasant, charming (in gen. of objects affecting the sense of sight only; as a beautiful landscape, gar dens, rivers, pictures, etc.: amoena loca.. quod solum amorem praestentetad se amanda adliciant, Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 14:
amoena sunt loca solius voluptatis plena, Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 734; while jucundus is used both in a phys. and mental sense; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p 36; class. in prose and poetry). I. Lit.: amoena salicta, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.): Ennius, qui primus amoeno Detulit ex Helicone perenni fronde coronam, who first from the charming Helicon, etc., Lucr. 1, 117:
fons, id. 4, 1024: locus, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 290: praediola, id. Att. 16, 3, 4: loca amoena voluptaria, Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz: amoena piorum Concilia, Verg. A. 5, 734: Devenere locos laetos et amoena virecta Fortunatorum nemorum sedesque beatas, id. ib. 6, 638: rus, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6: aquae, aurae, id. C. 3, 4, 7: hae latebrae dulces, etiam, si credis, amoenae, delightful to me (subjectively), but also in and of themselves (objectively) pleasant, id. Ep. 1, 16, 15 Schmid.; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p. 35: amoenae Farfarus umbrae, Ov. M. 14, 330, where Merkel, opacae Farfarus undae: amoenissima aedificia, Tac. H. 3, 30: pictura, Plin. 35, 10, 37 fin.—In reproach: cultus amoenior, too showy, coquetting, Liv. 4, 44, 11.—As subst., ămoena, ōrum, n. (cf. abditus, etc.), pleasant places: per amoena Asiae atque Achaiae, Tac. A. 3, 7: amoena litorum, id. H. 3, 76. —II. Transf. to other things (rare, and for the most part only post-Aug.):
vita, Tac. A. 15, 55: ingenium, id. ib. 2, 64; so id. ib. 13, 3: animus, i. e. amoenitatibus deditus, Aur. Vict. Epit. 1: amoenissima verba, Gell. 2, 26; 16, 3; 18, 5 al.—Hence, adv. * a. Old form ămoenĭter:
hilare atque amoeniter vindemiam agitare, joyfully and delightfully, Gell. 20, 8.—b. Usu. form ămoenē;
* in respect to smell, sweetly, fragrantly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2; of a dwelling, pleasantly (in sup.), Plin. Ep. 4, 23; of discourse (in comp.), Gell. 14, 1, 32.Origins
The origin remains unexplained. Possibly from amo (“to love”), mino (“to drive forth”), or loaned from a substrate.
Descendants
- Catalanamè
- Englishamene
- Frenchamène
- Italianameno
- Portugueseameno
- Spanishameno