amor
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. pres. pass. ind. 1st - Entry →amor, amoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
love; affection; the beloved; Cupid; affair; sexual/illicit/homosexual passion;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...ille sagittas. uror, et in vacuo pectore regnat Amor. Sex mihi surgat opus numeris, in quinque residat: ferrea..." - P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...atque ait "hic, hic est, quem ferus urit Amor!" fabula, nec sentis, tota iactaris in urbe..." - P
Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...nequitiae Naso poeta meae. hoc quoque iussit Amor—procul hinc, procul este, severae! non estis teneris apta theatra..." - P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Andromachen iterum cessisse marito. obstipui, miroque incensum pectus amore compellare virum et casus cognoscere tantos. progredior portu classis..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...contra elata mari respondet Cnosia tellus: hic crudelis amor tauri suppostaque furto Pasiphae mixtumque genus prolesque biformis Minotaurus..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...potens, quem regia coniunx adiungi generum miro properabat amore; sed variis portenta deum terroribus obstant. laurus erat tecti..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tantum accenderit ignem causa latet; duri magno sed amore dolores polluto, notumque furens quid femina possit, triste..." - P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...cunctis altior ibat Anchises. mihi mens iuvenali ardebat amore compellare virum et dextrae coniungere dextram; accessi et cupidus..."