amans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of amō (“love”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mans/, [ˈämä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mans/, [ˈäːmäns]

Participle

amāns (genitive amantis, comparative amantior, superlative amantissimus, adverb amanter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. loving
2. being fond of, liking
3. being under obligation to; being obliged to

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	amāns			amantēs	amantia
genitive	amantis			amantium
dative	amantī			amantibus
accusative	amantem	amāns		amantēs amantīs	amantia
ablative	amante amantī1			amantibus
vocative	amāns			amantēs	amantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• peramāns

Noun

amāns m or f (genitive amantis); third declension

1. lover, sweetheart

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	amāns	amantēs
genitive	amantis	amantium
dative	amantī	amantibus
accusative	amantem	amantēs amantīs
ablative	amante	amantibus
vocative	amāns	amantēs

Descendants

• Aragonese: amant
• Asturian: amante
• Catalan: amant
• Corsican: amante
• Extremaduran: amante
• French: amant
• Galician: amante
• Istriot: amante
• Italian: amante
• Occitan: aimant
• Portuguese: amante
• Romanian: amant
• Spanish: amante

References

• “amans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• amans in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• amans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • truthful; veracious: veritatis amans, diligens, studiosus
    
  • to be (very) patriotic: patriae amantem (amantissimum) esse (Att. 9. 22)