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|lshtext=<b>ămor</b>: (old form ămŏs, [[like]] [[honos]], [[labos]], [[colos]], etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 170), ōris, m. amo,<br /><b>I</b> [[love]] (to friends, parents, etc.; and also in a [[low]] [[sense]]; [[hence]] in gen., [[like]] amo, [[while]] [[caritas]], [[like]] diligere, is [[esteem]], [[regard]], etc.; [[hence]] [[amor]] is used also of brutes, [[but]] [[caritas]] [[only]] of men; v amo init.): Amicitiae caritate et amore cernuntur. Nam cum deorum, tum parentum, patriaeque [[cultus]], eorumque hominum, qui aut sapientiā aut opibus excellunt, ad caritatem referri solet. Conjuges [[autem]] et [[liberi]] et fratres et alii, quos [[usus]] familiaritasque conjunxit, [[quamquam]] [[etiam]] caritate ipsā, [[tamen]] amore [[maxime]] continentur, Cic. Part. Or. 25, 88; cf. id. ib. 16, 56; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 100 ([[but]] [[amor]] is [[related]] to [[benevolentia]] as the [[cause]] to the [[effect]], [[since]] [[benevolentia]] designates [[only]] an [[external]], [[friendly]] [[treatment]]; [[but]] [[amor]] a [[real]], [[internal]] [[love]]): [[amor]], ex quo [[amicitia]] nominata, [[princeps]] est ad benevolentiam conjungendam, Cic. Am. 8, 26: [[nihil]] [[enim]] est, [[quod]] [[studio]] et benevolentiā, vel amore [[potius]] effici non possit, id. Fam. 3, 9; cf. Doed. Syn. IV. p. 105 ([[very]] freq. in all periods, and in [[every]] [[kind]] of [[style]]; in a [[low]] [[sense]] [[most]] freq. in the com. and eleg. poets, Petron., and [[similar]] authors; v. amo init.); constr. [[with]] in, [[erga]], or the obj. gen. ([[with]] the gen. of the gerund, [[never]] in Cic., and perh. in no [[prose]] [[writer]]; [[but]] it is so [[found]] in Lucr., Ovid, and Hor.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ab his initiis [[noster]] in te [[amor]] [[profectus]], Cic. Fam. 13, 29: si [[quid]] in te residet amoris [[erga]] me, id. ib. 5, 5: amori nostro (i. e. quo a te amamur) [[plusculum]] [[etiam]], [[quam]] concedit [[veritas]], largiare, id. ib. 5, 12; Postquam [[primus]] [[amor]] deceptam morte fefellit, Verg. A. 4, 17: [[amabilis]] [[super]] amorem mulierum, Vulg. 2 Reg. 1, 26: in paternitatis amore, [[brotherly]] [[love]] (Gr. [[φιλαδελφία]]), ib. 1 Pet. 1, 22; ib. 2 Pet. 1, 7 bis: amplecti aliquem amore, Cic. Att. 7, 1: habere amorem [[erga]] aliquem, id. ib. 9, 14: respondere amori amore, id. ib. 15, 21: conciliare amorem alicui, id. de Or. 2, 51 et saep.—Of [[sexual]] [[love]], [[whether]] [[lawful]] or [[unlawful]]: [[Medea]] amore saevo saucia, Enn. Med. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22 (as a transl. of the Gr. ἔρωτι θυμὸν ἐκπλαγεῖσ Ἰάσονος, Eur. Med. prol. 8): videbantur [[illi]] ([[septem]] anni) [[pauci]] [[dies]] [[prae]] amoris magnitudine, Vulg. Gen. 29, 20; 29, 30: is amore projecticiam illam deperit, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 43: amore perdita est, id. Mil. 4, 6, 38: in amore haec omnia sunt vitia, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 14: [[aeterno]] devictus volnere amoris, Lucr. 1, 35: qui vitat amorem, id. 4, 1069: Nec te [[noster]] [[amor]] [[tenet]]? Verg. A. 4, 307; 4, 395; Ov. M. 4, 256: ne [[sit]] ancillae [[tibi]] [[amor]] pudori, Hor. C. 2, 4, 1: meretricis amore Sollicitus, id. S. 2, 3, 252: ut majus esset [[odium]] amore, quo [[ante]] dilexerat, Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 15: [[ambo]] vulnerati amore ejus, ib. Dan. 13, 10 al.—In [[both]] significations also in the plur.: amores hominum in te, Cic. Att. 5, 10: amores sancti, id. Fin. 3, 20, 68; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 34, 72: Ille meos, [[primus]] qui me sibi junxit, amores Abstulit, Verg. A. 4, 28: est is mihi in amoribus, i. e. [[valde]] a me amatur, Cic. Fam. 7, 32: meos amores eloquar, Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 2: meretricii amores, Ter. And. 5, 4, 10: quem amore venerio dilexerat, Nep. Paus. 4, 1: amores et hae [[deliciae]], quae vocantur, Cic. Cael. 19: [[quando]] [[Dido]] tantos rumpi non speret amores, Verg. A. 4, 292: Tabuit ex [[illo]] [[dementer]] amoribus usa, Ov. M. 4, 259: insanos fateamur amores, id. ib. 9, 519 et saep.; Hor. C. 3, 21, 3 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> For the [[beloved]] [[object]] itself: amores et [[deliciae]] tuae, Cic. Div. 1, 36; [[Pompeius]], nostri amores, id. Att. 2, 19; 16, 6; and ironic.: sed [[redeo]] ad amores deliciasque [[nostras]], L. Antonium, id. Phil. 6, 5; Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 79; Ov. M. 1, 617; 4, 137 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Personified: Amor, the [[god]] of [[love]], Love, [[Cupid]], [[Ἔρως]]: O praeclaram emendatricem vitae poëticam, quae Amorem flagitii et levitatis auctorem in [[concilio]] deorum collocandum putet, Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: Deum esse Amorem [[turpis]] et [[vitio]] favens finxit [[libido]], Sen. Phaedr. 195: Illum conjugem, quem Amor dederat, qui [[plus]] pollet potiorque est patre, vet. poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: Omnia vincit Amor, et nos cedamus Amori, Verg. E. 10, 69: Improbe Amor, [[quid]] non mortalia corpora cogis? id. A. 4, 412: Paret Amor dictis carae genetricis, id. ib. 1, 689: Amor non talia curat, id. E. 10, 28: nec [[quid]] Amor curat, Ov. M. 1, 480: Amori [[dare]] ludum, Hor. C. 3, 12, 1; Prop. 1, 2, 8: non tot sagittis, Spicula [[quot]] nostro pectore fixit Amor, id. 3, 4, 2: [[pharetratus]], Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 22: Notaque [[purpureus]] [[tela]] resumit Amor, id. Am. 2, 9, 34: movit Amor gemmatas [[aureus]] [[alas]], id. R. Am. 39 et saep.—Also in the plur., Cupids, Loves: corpora nudorum Amorum, Ov. M. 10, 516: lascivi Amores, Hor. C. 2, 11, 7: parvi Amores, Prop. 3, 1, 11: Amores volucres, Ov. Ep. 16, 201: pharetrati, id. R. Am. 519 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[strong]], [[passionate]] [[longing]] for [[something]], [[desire]], [[lust]]: consulatūs [[amor]], Cic. Sull. 26, 73: gloriae, id. Arch. 11, 28: amicitiae, id. Tusc. 4, 33, 70: [[lactis]], Verg. G. 3, 394: vini, Liv. 9, 18: auri, Verg. A. 1, 349: argenti, Hor. S. 2, 3, 78: nummi, Juv. 14, 138: laudum, Verg. A. 9, 197 et saep.: cognitionis, Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 18.—With gerund: edundi, Lucr. 4, 870: habendi, Ov. M. 1, 131, and Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85: scribendi, id. S. 2, 1, 10.—Poet., [[with]] inf.: si [[tantus]] [[amor]] [[casus]] cognoscere nostros, Verg. A. 2, 10: seu rore pudico Castaliae flavos [[amor]] est [[tibi]] mergere crines, Stat. Th. 1, 698.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Poet., a [[love]]-[[charm]], [[philtre]]: quaeritur et nascentis equi de fronte [[revolsus]] Et matri [[praereptus]] [[amor]], Verg. A. 4, 516; [[upon]] [[which]] [[passage]] Serv. remarks: Secundum Plinium, qui dicit in Naturali Historiā (8, 42, 66, § 163 sqq.) pullos equinos habere in fronte quandam carnem, [[quam]] eis [[statim]] [[natis]] adimit [[mater]]; [[quam]] si [[quis]] [[forte]] praeripuerit, odit pullum et lac ei denegat; v. [[hippomanes]].
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ămŏr</b>,⁶ ōris, m.,<br /><b>1</b> amour, affection : in aliquem Cic. Fl. 105 ; [[erga]] aliquem Cic. Pis. 76 ; alicujus Cic. Att. 1, 13, 5, affection pour qqn ; [[amor]] in patriam Cic. Fl. 103 ; patriæ Cic. de Or. 1, 247, amour pour la [[patrie]] ; [avec gén. subj.] [[amor]] multitudinis Cic. Off. 2, 32, affection de la foule ; in amore [[esse]] Cic. Fl. 18, être aimé<br /><b>2</b> amour : ex amore insanit Pl. Merc. 325, l’amour lui fait perdre la raison ; in amore [[atque]] in voluptatibus adulescentiam suam conlocare Cic. Cæl. 39, consacrer sa jeunesse à l’amour et aux plaisirs &#124;&#124; [dans la poésie élégiaque] amores, les amours ; Amor, Amour (Éros), le dieu Amour &#124;&#124; objet d’amour : [[primus]] [[amor]] Phœbi [[Daphne]] Ov. M. 1, 452, Daphné, premier amour de Phébus ; amores ac deliciæ tuæ, [[Roscius]] Cic. Div. 1, 79, [[Roscius]], tes amours et tes délices, cf. Phil. 13, 26, etc.<br /><b>3</b> amour, vif désir : [[consulatus]] Cic. [[Sulla]] 73 ; gloriæ Cic. Arch. 28 ; cognitionis et scientiæ Cic. Fin. 5, 48, passion du consulat, de la gloire, d’apprendre et de savoir ; otii et [[pacis]] Cic. Rep. 2, 26, amour de la tranquillité et de la paix ; amore senescit habendi Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85, il vieillit à force de vouloir posséder &#124;&#124; [poét.] si [[tantus]] [[amor]] [[casus]] cognoscere nostros Virg. En. 2, 10, si telle [[est]] ton envie d’apprendre [[nos]] infortunes, cf. En. 12, 282.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ămōr Pl. Merc. 590 ; Most. 142 ; Trin. 259 ; Virg. En. 11, 323, etc.
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{{Georges
|georg=amor, ōris, m. (v. [[Stamm]] AM, [[wovon]] [[auch]] [[amo]] u. [[amicus]]), die [[Liebe]] aus [[Neigung]] u. [[Leidenschaft]] (Ggstz. [[odium]]; [[hingegen]] [[caritas]] = die »[[Liebe]] aus [[Achtung]], [[Ehrfurcht]], [[Bewunderung]] usw.«; vgl. Cic. part. or. 16 u. 88), konstr. [[mit]] in, [[erga]], [[adversus]], od. m. obj. Genet., I) eig. u. meton.: 1) eig.: [[amor]] [[novus]], [[vetus]], Cic.: [[naturalis]], Cic.: [[pravus]], Sen.: [[nimius]], Val. Max.: [[insanus]], Sen.: [[fraternus]], Cic. – [[noster]] in te [[amor]], Cic.: [[fraternus]] in alqm [[amor]], Cic.: [[amor]] in patriam, Nep.: [[pietas]] et [[amor]] in patriam, Cic.: [[tuus]] [[amor]] [[erga]] me [[singularis]], Cic.: [[amor]] [[adversus]] eandem libertam, Tac. ann. 13, 13. – [[amor]] iuvenum (zu den J.), Cic.: [[caecus]] [[amor]] [[sui]], Hor.: parvuli [[sui]] [[nimio]] amore [[correptus]], Val, Max. – amplecti od. prosequi alqm amore, Cic.: [[amare]] alqm amore singulari, Cic.: in amore [[esse]] alci, [[von]] jmd. geliebt [[werden]], Cic.: habere amorem [[erga]] alqm, Cic.: habere alqm in amore, [[lieben]], Cic.: im unedlen Sinne, amore perdita est, Plaut.: novercae Stratonices [[infinito]] amore [[correptus]], Val. Max.: in amorem virginis incidere, Liv.: in amore [[haec]] [[omnia]] sunt vitia, Ter.: [[qui]] vitat amorem, Lucr.: ne sit ancillae [[tibi]] [[amor]] pudori, Hor.: am. [[primus]], [[erste]] [[Liebeserklärung]], Herzensergießung, Prop. – v. der [[Liebe]] der Tiere, Verg. georg. 3, 244. – im Plur., amores hominum in te, Cic.: amores sancti, die griechische edle Knabenliebe, Cic.: amores puerorum (zu den Kn.), Nep.: [[mihi]] est in amoribus, er wird [[von]] mir geliebt, Cic.: u. im unedlen Sinne, [[von]] Liebschaften, Liebeleien, Buhlschaften, amores furtivi, Catull.: meos amores eloquar, Plaut.: amores et hae [[deliciae]], [[quae]] vocantur, Cic.: nutrit amores [[Cynthia]], das Liebesfeuer, Prop.: incīdere arboribus amores, seine [[Liebe]], das [[Geständnis]], [[wie]] [[sehr]] [[man]] liebt, Prop. – personif., Amor, der Liebesgott, Amor, Kupido, [[Ἔρως]], Verg., Ov. u.a. – im Plur. Liebesgötter, Amoretten, Ov., Hor. u.a. – 2) meton.: a) der geliebte [[Gegenstand]], der [[Liebling]], [[amor]] et [[deliciae]] generis humani (v. [[Titus]]), Suet. u. Eutr.: u. so ([[von]] dems.) [[amor]] generis humani, Pacat. paneg., od. [[amor]] [[orbis]], [[Auson]].: u. [[bes]]. im Plur., amores et [[deliciae]] tuae, Cic. – in bezug [[auf]] Geschlechtsliebe, die [[Liebe]] = der, die [[Geliebte]], Plaut. u. Ov. – b) poet., der [[Liebe]] erzeugende [[Gegenstand]], quaeritur et nascentis equi de fronte [[revolsus]] et matri [[praereptus]] [[amor]], jenes der [[Mutter]] entraffte Liebesgewächs, Verg. Aen. 4, 516 (vgl. [[hippomanes]]). – II) übtr., die [[Liebe]] zu-, d.i. das lebhafte, leidenschaftliche [[Verlangen]], die [[Sehnsucht]] [[nach]] etw., das Gelüst, die [[Begier]], [[Lust]], der [[Wunsch]], am. [[consulatus]], Cic.: cognitionis, Cic.: mortis, Cic. poët.: argenti, Hor.: negotii suscepti, [[Vorliebe]], Eingenommenheit [[für]] usw., Liv.: poet. im Plur., amores [[nostri]], [[mein]] [[Verlangen]] ([[nach]] dem Gesange), Verg. ecl. 9, 56. – m. Genet. Gerundii, [[amor]] edendi, Lucr.: [[amor]] habendi, Verg.: [[amor]] scribendi, Hor.: [[amor]] generandi, Zeugungstrieb, Tac. – poet. m. Infin., Verg. Aen. 2, 10; 3, 298; 6, 133. Stat. Theb. 1, 698. – / amōr [[gemessen]] [[bei]] Plaut. merc. 590; most. 142; trin. 259. Vergl. ecl. 10, 69; Aen. 11, 323; 12, 668.
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|sltx=[[ἀγαπησμός]], [[ἀγάπη]], [[ἀγάπησις]], [[ἔρως]]
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=amor amoris N M :: love, affection; the beloved; Cupid; affair; sexual/illicit/homosexual passion
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