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ămoenĭtas , ātis, f. amoenus,
I.pleas antness, delightfulness, loveliness.
I. Lit., of places (as scenery, a garden, river, etc.; in the poets, except Plaut., rare; “never in Ter., Lucr., or Hor.): nunc domus suppeditat mihi hortorum amoenitatem,” Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4: “fluminis,” id. ib. 3, 1, 1: “amoenitates orarum et litorum,” id. N. D. 2, 39; so id. Leg. 2, 1; id. Rep. 2, 4; Nep. Att. 13; Col. 1, 4, 8; Flor. 2, 11, 4 al.—
II. Metaph.
A. Of other things (so in Plaut. and the prose-writers of the post-Aug. per., but not in Cic.): “amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum,” Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 5: “hic me amoenitate amoenā amoenus oneravit dies,” id. Capt. 4, 1, 7: “amoenitates studiorum, Plin. praef.: vitae,” Tac. A. 5, 2: “verborum,” Gell. 12, 1 fin.: “orationis,” id. 10, 3 al. —
B. As a term of endearment: “uxor mea, mea amoenitas, quid tu agis?” my delight, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 13: “mea vita, mea amoenitas, meus ocellus,” id. Poen. 1, 2, 152.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 3.1.4
    • Plautus, Captivi, 4.1
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.3
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 1.2
    • Plautus, Stichus, 2.1
    • Tacitus, Annales, 5.2
    • Cornelius Nepos, Atticus, 13
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.1
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.4
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.39
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.3
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 12.1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.4.8
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