adamo

See also: Adamo, adamó, and adāmo

Latin

Etymology

From ad- (“near, at; towards, to”) +‎ amō (“love”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.da.moː/, [ˈäd̪ämoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.da.mo/, [ˈäːd̪ämo]

Verb

adamō (present infinitive adamāre, perfect active adamāvī, supine adamātum); first conjugation

1. (to love emphatically): to love ardently, deeply, earnestly, greatly or truly, to love with all one's heart; to be devoted, to be enamored, to be infatuated

   Synonyms: ārdeō, īnfatuor, ūrō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.31:

     Horum primo circiter milia XV Rhenum transisse; postea quam agros et cultum et copias Gallorum homines feri ac barbari adamassent, traductos plures; nunc esse in Gallia ad C et XX milium numerum.

     That about 15,000 of them [i.e. of the Germans] had at first crossed the Rhine: but after that these wild and savage men had become enamored of the lands and the refinement and the abundance of the Gauls, more were brought over, that there were now as many as 120,000 of them in Gaul.

2. (to desire emphatically): to covet, to crave, to desire, to long for, to want

   Synonyms: concupiō, cupiō

3. (to conceive love or desire): to become enamored, to become captivated, to become devoted, to fall in love

   Synonyms: ārdēscō, exārdēscō

Conjugation

In Classical Latin, adamō was only used in the perfect and pluperfect tenses.

Conjugation of adamō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adamō	adamās	adamat	adamāmus	adamātis	adamant
	imperfect	adamābam	adamābās	adamābat	adamābāmus	adamābātis	adamābant
	future	adamābō	adamābis	adamābit	adamābimus	adamābitis	adamābunt
	perfect	adamāvī	adamāvistī, adamāstī1	adamāvit, adamāt1	adamāvimus, adamāmus1	adamāvistis, adamāstis1	adamāvērunt, adamāvēre, adamārunt1
	pluperfect	adamāveram, adamāram1	adamāverās, adamārās1	adamāverat, adamārat1	adamāverāmus, adamārāmus1	adamāverātis, adamārātis1	adamāverant, adamārant1
	future perfect	adamāverō, adamārō1	adamāveris, adamāris1	adamāverit, adamārit1	adamāverimus, adamārimus1	adamāveritis, adamāritis1	adamāverint, adamārint1
passive	present	adamor	adamāris, adamāre	adamātur	adamāmur	adamāminī	adamantur
	imperfect	adamābar	adamābāris, adamābāre	adamābātur	adamābāmur	adamābāminī	adamābantur
	future	adamābor	adamāberis, adamābere	adamābitur	adamābimur	adamābiminī	adamābuntur
	perfect	adamātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	adamātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	adamātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adamem	adamēs	adamet	adamēmus	adamētis	adament
	imperfect	adamārem	adamārēs	adamāret	adamārēmus	adamārētis	adamārent
	perfect	adamāverim, adamārim1	adamāverīs, adamārīs1	adamāverit, adamārit1	adamāverīmus, adamārīmus1	adamāverītis, adamārītis1	adamāverint, adamārint1
	pluperfect	adamāvissem, adamāssem1	adamāvissēs, adamāssēs1	adamāvisset, adamāsset1	adamāvissēmus, adamāssēmus1	adamāvissētis, adamāssētis1	adamāvissent, adamāssent1
passive	present	adamer	adamēris, adamēre	adamētur	adamēmur	adamēminī	adamentur
	imperfect	adamārer	adamārēris, adamārēre	adamārētur	adamārēmur	adamārēminī	adamārentur
	perfect	adamātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	adamātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	adamā	—	—	adamāte	—
	future	—	adamātō	adamātō	—	adamātōte	adamantō
passive	present	—	adamāre	—	—	adamāminī	—
	future	—	adamātor	adamātor	—	—	adamantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		adamāre	adamāvisse, adamāsse1	adamātūrum esse	adamārī	adamātum esse	adamātum īrī
participles		adamāns	—	adamātūrus	—	adamātus	adamandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		adamandī	adamandō	adamandum	adamandō	adamātum	adamātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

• Spanish: adamar

References

• “adamo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adamo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• adamo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be an enthusiastic devotee of letters: litteras adamasse (only in perf. and plup.)
    
  • to become devoted to some one: adamasse aliquem (only in Perf. and Plup.) (Nep. Dion 2. 3)
    

Spanish

Verb

adamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of adamar