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

(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.
(to desire emphatically): to covet, to crave, to desire, to long for, to want
Synonyms: concupiō, cupiō
(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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	adamā	—	—	adamāte	—
active	future	—	adamātō	adamātō	—	adamātōte	adamantō
passive	present	—	adamāre	—	—	adamāminī	—
passive	future	—	adamātor	adamātor	—	—	adamantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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

first-person singular present indicative of adamar