amatio

Latin

Etymology

From amō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈmaː.ti.oː/, [äˈmäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈmat.t͡si.o/, [äˈmät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

amātiō f (genitive amātiōnis); third declension

1. lovemaking; a manifestation of love
   • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 1029–1032:

     Spectātōrēs, ad pudīcōs mōrēs facta haec fābula est,
     neque in hāc subigitātiōnēs sunt neque ūlla amātiō
     nec puerī suppositiō nec argentī circumductiō,
     neque ubi amāns adulēscēns scortum līberet clam suom patrem.

     Spectators, this play was made with regard to chaste mores:
     neither in it are lascivious caresses nor any lovemaking,
     nor the substitution of a child, nor the swindling of money,
     nor where a loving youth frees a prostitute secretly from his father.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	amātiō	amātiōnēs
genitive	amātiōnis	amātiōnum
dative	amātiōnī	amātiōnibus
accusative	amātiōnem	amātiōnēs
ablative	amātiōne	amātiōnibus
vocative	amātiō	amātiōnēs

Related terms

• amātor
• amor

References

• “amatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• amatio in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung