amoenus

Latin

Etymology

The origin remains unexplained. Possibly from amo (“I love”), mino (“I drive forth”), or loaned from a substrate.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈmoe̯.nus/, [äˈmoe̯nʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈme.nus/, [äˈmɛːnus]

Adjective

amoenus (feminine amoena, neuter amoenum, comparative amoenior, superlative amoenissimus, adverb amoenē or amoeniter); first/second-declension adjective

1. charming, pleasant, agreeable, amenable
2. lovely, delightful, beautiful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	amoenus	amoena	amoenum		amoenī	amoenae	amoena
Genitive	amoenī	amoenae	amoenī		amoenōrum	amoenārum	amoenōrum
Dative	amoenō		amoenō		amoenīs
Accusative	amoenum	amoenam	amoenum		amoenōs	amoenās	amoena
Ablative	amoenō	amoenā	amoenō		amoenīs
Vocative	amoene	amoena	amoenum		amoenī	amoenae	amoena

Synonyms

• (agreeable): acceptus, dulcis, grātus, iūcundus

Derived terms

• amoena
• amoenē
• amoenitās
• amoeniter
• amoenō
• inamoenus

Descendants

• Catalan: amè
• English: amene
• French: amène
• Italian: ameno
• Portuguese: ameno
• Spanish: ameno

See also

• amō

References

• “amoenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amoenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• amoenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • pleasant districts; charming surroundings: loca amoena, amoenitas locorum
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN