amantibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →amo, amare, amavi, amatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
love, like; fall in love with; be fond of; have a tendency to;
abl. pl. pres. act. part.dat. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →amans, amantis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lover, sweetheart; mistress; one who is fond/affectionate;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →amans, amantis (gen.), amantior -or -us, amantissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
loving/fond/affectionate; beloved/dear to; friendly/kind; having love/affection;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...omnibus, ere, suavia esse scito: vobis est suave amantibus complexos fabulari, ego complexum huius nil moror, meum autem..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...quae, gemini praeuia temporis, tarde, stella, redis semper amantibus: te matres, auide te cupiunt nurus quamprimum radios spargere..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...experrectus pertrectavi gaudio despoliatum torum, si qua est amantibus fides, ego dubitavi, an utrumque traicerem gladio somnumque morti..."XVI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...parum fortuna credit hominibus adhuc tantum feliciter amantibus, an haec est magnae semper opinionis invidia, nec ulli umquam..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...cadat, ni pectore toto obstet aperta parens et amantibus increpat alis. dumque opus arcanum et taciti compendia Martis..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...caloresuberibus stagnis obliquo pendula truncoincubat atque umbris scrutatur amantibus undas. 55sperat et amplexus, sed aquarum spiritus arcetnec patitur..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...amoris. quis deus magis est ama- tis petendus amantibus? quem colent homines magis caelitum, o Hymenaee Hymen..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fuerat captatus anhelitus oris, "invide" dicebant "paries, quid amantibus obstas? quantum erat, ut sineres toto nos corpore iungi..."
