amaram
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;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 1st - Entry →amarus, amara -um, amarior -or -us, amarissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bitter, brackish, pungent; harsh, shrill; sad, calamitous; ill-natured, caustic;
acc. sg. (f.) - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples

Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...prona reclinat corpora; nec ponto summota intrabat amaram Dorida, possessum donec iam fluctibus altis Nereidum miserata cohors..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...ille ut invicti rapidum secutus Caesaris fulmen refugis amaram Sarmatis legem dederit, sub uno vivere caelo. sed tuas..."
