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amor.

love; affection; the beloved; Cupid; affair; sexual/illicit/homosexual passion;

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈa.mɔr]Classical-Latin[ˈaː.mor]

  1. love, affection, devotion (for a person, one's family, one's country)

    declension-3 · masculine
    amor alicuius / in aliquem / erga aliquem
    amor fati

  2. strong and passionate longing for something, desire, lust

    declension-3 · masculine
    amor laudum

  3. beloved, loved person

    declension-3 · masculine

  4. sex

    declension-3 · masculine

  5. love, sweetheart (term of endearment)

    declension-3 · in-plural · masculine

  6. love affair

    declension-3 · masculine · plural · plural-only

  7. the god Cupid; see: Amor

    declension-3 · masculine

  8. used to signify something associated with love

    declension-3 · figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Italic *amāō Latin amō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin amor From amō + -or.

verb[ˈa.mɔr]Classical-Latin[ˈaː.mor]

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of amō (“to love”)

    first-person · form-of · indicative · passive · present · singular
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