"amicus" meaning in Latin

See amicus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [aˈmiː.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [aˈmiː.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From amō (“to love”) + -īcus, with the ending perhaps derived from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₁ (instrumental suffix) + *-kos, as also in pudīcus, mendīcus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:af|amō<id:love>|-icus<id:related to>|id=friendly}}, {{af|la|amō|-īcus|id2=long|t1=to love}} amō (“to love”) + -īcus, {{der|la|ine-pro|*-ih₁|pos=instrumental suffix}} Proto-Indo-European *-ih₁ (instrumental suffix) Head templates: {{la-adj|amīcus|adv=amīcē|comp=amīcior|sup=amīcissimus}} amīcus (feminine amīca, neuter amīcum, comparative amīcior, superlative amīcissimus, adverb amīcē); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|amīcus}} Forms: amīcus [canonical], amīca [feminine], amīcum [neuter], amīcior [comparative], amīcissimus [superlative], amīcē [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], amīcus [masculine, nominative, singular], amīca [feminine, nominative, singular], amīcum [neuter, nominative, singular], amīcī [masculine, nominative, plural], amīcae [feminine, nominative, plural], amīca [neuter, nominative, plural], amīcī [genitive, masculine, singular], amīcae [feminine, genitive, singular], amīcī [genitive, neuter, singular], amīcōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], amīcārum [feminine, genitive, plural], amīcōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], amīcō [dative, masculine, singular], amīcae [dative, feminine, singular], amīcō [dative, neuter, singular], amīcīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], amīcum [accusative, masculine, singular], amīcam [accusative, feminine, singular], amīcum [accusative, neuter, singular], amīcōs [accusative, masculine, plural], amīcās [accusative, feminine, plural], amīca [accusative, neuter, plural], amīcō [ablative, masculine, singular], amīcā [ablative, feminine, singular], amīcō [ablative, neuter, singular], amīcīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], amīce [masculine, singular, vocative], amīca [feminine, singular, vocative], amīcum [neuter, singular, vocative], amīcī [masculine, plural, vocative], amīcae [feminine, plural, vocative], amīca [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. friendly, well-disposed, amicable Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-amicus-la-adj-um9ysm-U
  2. loyal, devoted to Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-amicus-la-adj-2SHaGquG
  3. supporting, propitious, helpful Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-amicus-la-adj-BzG9Zm8G
  4. welcome, dear Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-amicus-la-adj-dI3Rz81I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People, Personality Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: [aˈmiː.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [aˈmiː.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From amō (“to love”) + -īcus, with the ending perhaps derived from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₁ (instrumental suffix) + *-kos, as also in pudīcus, mendīcus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:af|amō<id:love>|-icus<id:related to>|id=friendly}}, {{af|la|amō|-īcus|id2=long|t1=to love}} amō (“to love”) + -īcus, {{der|la|ine-pro|*-ih₁|pos=instrumental suffix}} Proto-Indo-European *-ih₁ (instrumental suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|amīcus<2>|f=amīca}} amīcus m (genitive amīcī, feminine amīca); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|amīcus<2>}} Forms: amīcus [canonical, masculine], amīcī [genitive], amīca [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], amīcus [nominative, singular], amīcī [nominative, plural], amīcī [genitive, singular], amīcōrum [genitive, plural], amīcō [dative, singular], amīcīs [dative, plural], amīcum [accusative, singular], amīcōs [accusative, plural], amīcō [ablative, singular], amīcīs [ablative, plural], amīce [singular, vocative], amīcī [plural, vocative]
  1. male friend Tags: declension-2 Synonyms: necessārius, comes, sodālis, concordia
    Sense id: en-amicus-la-noun-6PhmXJZz Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -icus, Latin terms suffixed with -icus (long) Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 16 1 2 2 36 15 Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs: 15 3 6 8 51 18 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 17 2 4 5 52 20 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 5 5 12 13 52 12 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -icus: 14 4 8 9 48 17 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -icus (long): 13 3 7 8 54 15
  2. (Augustan and later) courtier, minister, counsellor Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-amicus-la-noun-etLWamko
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People, Personality Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Derived forms: amīca, amīcābilis, amīcālis, amīcē, amīciter, amīcitia, amīcō, amīcōsus, amīculus, amīcus cūriae, inimīcus, peramicus
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          "translation": "[Agorastocles] May gods so love me, nothing is more unfair than having a slothful friend, even more so for a man in love, who in doing anything must all expedite. So I lead them, having called them forth, the most slow-paced men of them all, slower than freight ships [corbitae] upon a quiet sea."
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