amicosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der.

Proto-Italic *amāō

Latin amō

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -īcus

Latin amicus

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin amīcōsus

From amicus + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.miːˈkoː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.miˈkɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

amīcōsus (feminine amīcōsa, neuter amīcōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. rich in friends, abounding in friends

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	amīcōsus	amīcōsa	amīcōsum		amīcōsī	amīcōsae	amīcōsa
genitive	amīcōsī	amīcōsae	amīcōsī		amīcōsōrum	amīcōsārum	amīcōsōrum
dative	amīcōsō	amīcōsae	amīcōsō		amīcōsīs
accusative	amīcōsum	amīcōsam	amīcōsum		amīcōsōs	amīcōsās	amīcōsa
ablative	amīcōsō	amīcōsā	amīcōsō		amīcōsīs
vocative	amīcōse	amīcōsa	amīcōsum		amīcōsī	amīcōsae	amīcōsa

References

• “amicosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amicosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.