amoenitas

Latin

Etymology

From amoenus (“pleasant, delightful, lovely”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈmoe̯.ni.taːs/, [äˈmoe̯nɪt̪äːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈme.ni.tas/, [äˈmɛːnit̪äs]

Noun

amoenitās f (genitive amoenitātis); third declension

  1. pleasantness, pleasurableness, delightfulness, loveliness, agreeableness, charm

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amoenitās amoenitātēs
Genitive amoenitātis amoenitātum
Dative amoenitātī amoenitātibus
Accusative amoenitātem amoenitātēs
Ablative amoenitāte amoenitātibus
Vocative amoenitās amoenitātēs

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Descendants

References
  • “amoenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “amoenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • amoenitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • amoenitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • pleasant districts; charming surroundings: loca amoena, amoenitas locorum
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