amoenitas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈmoe̯.ni.taːs/, [äˈmoe̯nɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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.

	singular	plural
nominative	amoenitās	amoenitātēs
genitive	amoenitātis	amoenitātum
dative	amoenitātī	amoenitātibus
accusative	amoenitātem	amoenitātēs
ablative	amoenitāte	amoenitātibus
vocative	amoenitās	amoenitātēs

Synonyms

• (agreeableness, charm): dulcēdō, dulcitūdō, iūcunditās, lepor

Related terms

• amoena
• amoenē
• amoeniter
• amoenō
• amoenus

Descendants

• Catalan: amenitat
• English: amenity
• French: aménité
• Italian: amenità
• Portuguese: amenidade
• Spanish: amenidad

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • pleasant districts; charming surroundings: loca amoena, amoenitas locorum