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ămoenus , a, um, adj. amo; some comp. ἀμείνων,
I.lovely, delightful, pleasant, charming (in gen. of objects affecting the sense of sight only; as a beautiful landscape, gar dens, rivers, pictures, etc.: amoena loca.. quod solum amorem praestentetad se amanda adliciant, Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 14: “amoena sunt loca solius voluptatis plena,” Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 734; while jucundus is used both in a phys. and mental sense; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p 36; class. in prose and poetry).
I. Lit.: amoena salicta, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.): Ennius, qui primus amoeno Detulit ex Helicone perenni fronde coronam, who first from the charming Helicon, etc., Lucr. 1, 117: “fons,” id. 4, 1024: “locus,” Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 290: “praediola,” id. Att. 16, 3, 4: “loca amoena voluptaria,” Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz: “amoena piorum Concilia,” Verg. A. 5, 734: “Devenere locos laetos et amoena virecta Fortunatorum nemorum sedesque beatas,” id. ib. 6, 638: “rus,” Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6: “aquae, aurae,” id. C. 3, 4, 7: hae latebrae dulces, etiam, si credis, amoenae, delightful to me (subjectively), but also in and of themselves (objectively) pleasant, id. Ep. 1, 16, 15 Schmid.; cf. “Doed. Syn. III. p. 35: amoenae Farfarus umbrae,” Ov. M. 14, 330, where Merkel, opacae Farfarus undae: “amoenissima aedificia,” Tac. H. 3, 30: “pictura,” Plin. 35, 10, 37 fin.—In reproach: cultus amoenior, too showy, coquetting, Liv. 4, 44, 11.—As subst., ămoena , ōrum, n. (cf. abditus, etc.), pleasant places: “per amoena Asiae atque Achaiae,” Tac. A. 3, 7: “amoena litorum,” id. H. 3, 76. —
II. Transf. to other things (rare, and for the most part only post-Aug.): “vita,” Tac. A. 15, 55: “ingenium,” id. ib. 2, 64; so id. ib. 13, 3: “animus, i. e. amoenitatibus deditus,” Aur. Vict. Epit. 1: “amoenissima verba,” Gell. 2, 26; 16, 3; 18, 5 al.—Hence, adv. *
a. Old form ămoenĭter : “hilare atque amoeniter vindemiam agitare,” joyfully and delightfully, Gell. 20, 8.—
b. Usu. form ămoenē ; “* in respect to smell,” sweetly, fragrantly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2; of a dwelling, pleasantly (in sup.), Plin. Ep. 4, 23; of discourse (in comp.), Gell. 14, 1, 32.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 16.3.4
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