LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

āmoveō

āmoveō (present infinitive āmovēre, perfect active āmōvī, supine āmōtum)
Classical[aːˈmɔ.we.oː]Ecclesiastical[aˈmɔː.ve.o]

Meaning

  1. to remove from, move, put, or take away
  2. especiallyto withdraw, retire
  3. to take away by stealth, steal, or snatch
  4. broadlyto avert, allay
  5. broadlyto get rid of, exile, banish
  6. to put away, cast off, dissociate

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Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.āmoveōāmovēbamāmovēbōāmōvīāmōveramāmōverō
2nd sg.āmovēsāmovēbāsāmovēbisāmōvistīāmōverāsāmōveris
3rd sg.āmovetāmovēbatāmovēbitāmōvitāmōveratāmōverit
1st pl.āmovēmusāmovēbāmusāmovēbimusāmōvimusāmōverāmusāmōverimus
2nd pl.āmovētisāmovēbātisāmovēbitisāmōvistisāmōverātisāmōveritis
3rd pl.āmoventāmovēbantāmovēbuntāmōvērunt
āmōvēre		āmōverantāmōverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.āmoveamāmovēremāmōverimāmōvissem
2nd sg.āmoveāsāmovērēsāmōverīsāmōvissēs
3rd sg.āmoveatāmovēretāmōveritāmōvisset
1st pl.āmoveāmusāmovērēmusāmōverīmusāmōvissēmus
2nd pl.āmoveātisāmovērētisāmōverītisāmōvissētis
3rd pl.āmoveantāmovērentāmōverintāmōvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.āmoveorāmovēbarāmovēbor
2nd sg.āmovēris
āmovēre		āmovēbāris
āmovēbāre		āmovēberis
āmovēbere
3rd sg.āmovēturāmovēbāturāmovēbitur
1st pl.āmovēmurāmovēbāmurāmovēbimur
2nd pl.āmovēminīāmovēbāminīāmovēbiminī
3rd pl.āmoventurāmovēbanturāmovēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.āmovearāmovērer
2nd sg.āmoveāris
āmoveāre		āmovērēris
āmovērēre
3rd sg.āmoveāturāmovērētur
1st pl.āmoveāmurāmovērēmur
2nd pl.āmoveāminīāmovērēminī
3rd pl.āmoveanturāmovērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.āmovēāmovēre
pres. 2nd pl.āmovēteāmovēminī
fut. 2nd sg.āmovētōāmovētor
fut. 3rd sg.āmovētōāmovētor
fut. 2nd pl.āmovētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.āmoventōāmoventor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveāmovēreāmovērī
perfect infinitiveāmōvisseāmōtum esse
future infinitiveāmōtūrum esseāmōtum īrī
present participleāmovēns—
perfect participle—āmōtus
āmōta, āmōtā, āmōtae, āmōtam, āmōtārum, āmōtās, āmōte, āmōtī, āmōtīs, āmōtō, āmōtōrum, āmōtōs
future participleāmōtūrus
āmōtūra, āmōtūrā, āmōtūrae, āmōtūram, āmōtūrārum, āmōtūrās, āmōtūre, āmōtūrī, āmōtūrīs, āmōtūrō, āmōtūrōrum, āmōtūrōs, āmōtūrum		āmovendus
āmovenda, āmovendā, āmovendae, āmovendam, āmovendārum, āmovendās, āmovende, āmovendīs, āmovendōrum, āmovendōs
gerundāmovendī, āmovendō, āmovendumsupineāmōtum, āmōtū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

culpam a se amovere
to exonerate oneself from blame.

ā-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2, v. a.,
I. to remove from, to put or take away, to withdraw (esp. with effort or trouble; syn.: dimoveo, abduco, averto, arceo, repello): proprie amovetur saxum de loco, Don. ad Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 14; cf.: amoveamus lapidem de ore putei, Vulg. Gen. 29, 8; v. amolior.
I. In gen. (class.): me exinde amovit loco. Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 64: Ubi erit empta, ut aliquo ex urbe (eam) amoveas, id. Ep. 2, 2, 94: testem hanc quom abs te amoveris, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 72: Age, tamen ego hunc amovebo, id. Ad. 4, 2, 14: illum ex istis locis amove, Cic. Att. 1, 12: juvenes amoverunt eum, Vulg. Act. 5, 6: lex Porcia virgas ab omnium civium corpore amovit, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 12: Ille est amotus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 64: amoto custode, Prop. 1, 11, 15: amotis longius ceteris, Curt. 7, 1: alia amovimus ab hostium oculis, Liv. 5, 51: imagines ex bibliothecis amovere, Suet. Calig. 34; id. Caes. 68; id. Ner. 47.—Hence: se amovere, to retire, withdraw: te hinc amove, off with you! Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 33: e coetu se amovissent, Liv. 3, 38: qui memet finibus umquam amōrim Ausoniae, Sil. 17, 224: statuit repente recedere seque e medio quam longissime amovere, Suet. Tib. 10.—Trop. of abstract ideas, to put away, cast off, etc.: segnitiem amove, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6: suspitionem ab aliquo, id. Trin. 3, 3, 54: socordiamque ex pectore, id. Ps. 1, 2, 11; so, crapulam, id. ib. 5, 1, 35: amoto metu, Ter. And. 1, 2, 10: qui istum amorem ex animo amoveas, id. ib. 2, 1, 7: opinionem, id. ib. 3, 2, 30: misericordiam, Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 16: amove malitiam a carne, ib. Eccl. 11, 10: bellum, Liv. 5, 35: amoto quaeramus seria ludo, jesting aside, Hor. S. 1, 1, 27 al.—Poet., of time, to take with itself: quaecumque vetustate amovet aetas, * Lucr. 1, 225.—
II. Esp.
A. In and after the Aug. per., to take away by stealth, to steal (euphemist. for furari, furtum facere): boves Per dolum amotas, Hor. C. 1, 10, 10: si filia familiares res amoverit, Dig. 25, 2, 3: aliquid ex heredidate, ib. 29, 2, 70 al.—
B. In post-Aug. prose (perh. only in Tac.), to banish: amotus Cercinam quattuordecim annis exilium toleravit, Tac. A. 1, 53: in insulam, id. ib. 4, 31: Cretam, id. ib. 4, 21: aemulationis suspectos per nomen obsidum amovere, id. ib. 13, 9; 14, 57.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latināmoveō

Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin āmoveō From ab- (“from, away from”) + moveō (“move”).

Descendants
  • Englishamove
  • Portugueseamover
  • Spanishamover
  • Frenchamovible
  • Romanianamovibilfrom French amovible
  • Italianamovibile
  • Dutchamoveren

In English words that came into English from āmoveō

  • amotionamotio

Quick answers

What does āmoveō mean in Latin?
āmoveō, a verb, means “to remove from, move, put, or take away; to withdraw, retire; to take away by stealth, steal, or snatch”.
What are the principal parts of āmoveō?
āmoveō, āmovēre, āmōvī, āmōtum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce āmoveō?
In classical Latin, [aːˈmɔ.we.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈmɔː.ve.o].
Where does āmoveō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep → Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó → Proto-Italic *ap → Latin āmoveō.