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|lshtext=<b>ămīcĭtĭa</b>: ae, f. (<br /><b>I</b> gen. [[sing]]. amicitiāï, Lucr. 3, 83; acc. amicitiem, id. 5, 1019 Lachm.; cf. [[Charis]]. p. 94 P., and Neue, Formenl. I. p. 372) [[amicus]], [[friendship]] ([[very]] freq. in Cic., occurring [[more]] [[than]] 200 times).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: Est [[autem]] [[amicitia]] [[nihil]] aliud [[nisi]] omnium divinarum humanarumque rerum cum benevolentiā et caritate [[summa]] [[consensio]], Cic. Am. 6: eo ego ingenio [[natus]] [[sum]]: amicitiam [[atque]] inimicitiam in frontem promptam [[gero]], Enn. ap. Non. 129, 26: jam diu ego huic [[bene]] et hic mihi volumus, et [[amicitia]] est antiqua, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 4: Per te deos oro et nostram amicitiam, Ter. And. 3, 3, 6: sperata [[voluptas]] Suavis amicitiae, Lucr. 1, 142: vincula amicitiaï, id. 3, 83. The expressions [[usually]] [[connected]] [[with]] it are: amicitiam incipere, Ter. And. 3, 3, 7: [[amicitia]] nascitur, Cic. Am. 9, 29: [[amicitia]] exardescit, id. ib. 27, 100: est mihi [[amicitia]] cum [[aliquo]], id. Clu. 42: [[amicitia]] est [[inter]] aliquos, id. Planc. 33: esse in amicitiā cum [[aliquo]], Nep. Hann. 2, 4: in amicitiam recipere, Cic. Att. 2, 20: amicitiam colere, id. Fam. 15, 14: contrahere, id. Am. 14: gerere, id. Fam. 3, 8, and Nep. Dat. 10, 3: tueri, Cic. Fin. 1, 20: jungere, Lucr. 5, 1019; Cic. Deiot. 9; Vulg. Exod. 34, 12: expetere, Cic. Am. 13: comparare, id. Rosc. Am. 38: parere, Nep. Alcib. 7, 5: conferre se ad amicitiam alicujus, Cic. Brut. 81: dedere se amicitiae alicujus, Caes. B. G. 3, 22: accedere ad amicitiam alicujus, Nep. Eum. 1, 4: in amicitias incidere, Cic. Am. 12, 42: amicitiā alicujus uti, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 43: pervenire in intimam amicitiam alicujus, Nep. Alcib. 5, 3: manere in amicitiā, Cic. Verr 2, 5, 32: amicitiam violare, Liv. 34, 31: deserere jura amicitiae, Cic. Am. 10: [[funditus]] evertere, id. Fin. 2, 25: dissociare, id. Am. 20: dimittere, dissuere, discindere, id. ib. 21: dirumpere, id. ib. 22 fin.: dissolvere, Vulg. Eccli. 22, 5: deficere ab amicitiā alicujus, Nep. Con. 2, 2: repudiare amicitiam alicujus, Cic. Planc. 19: renunciare amicitiam alicui, Liv. 42, 25.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In the histt., a [[league]] of [[friendship]], an [[alliance]] [[between]] [[different]] nations, = [[foedus]]: [[Ubii]], qui amicitiam fecerant, Caes. B. G. 4, 16: amicitiam populi Romani colere, Sall. J. 8, 2: in amicitiam Populi Romani venire, Liv. 22, 37: reges [[bello]] victos in amicitiam recipere, Sall. J. 14, 5: [[foedus]] et [[amicitia]], id. ib. 104, 5: [[amicitia]] et [[foedus]], id. ib. 104, 4: [[amicitia]] ac [[societas]], Liv. 7, 31: amicitiae [[foedus]], id. 42, 12: amicitiam petere, id. 38, 18: quae urbes in amicitiā permanserant, id. 43, 21; 10, 45: amicitias cum [[aliquo]] facere, Vulg. 2 Reg. 31, 2: cum [[aliquo]] inire, ib. 2 Par. 20, 35 al. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In botany, of plants, [[sympathy]]: rutae cum flco, Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 156: [[inter]] has [[vitium]] amicitiā accipitur [[ulmus]], id. 16, 17, 29, § 72.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In [[post]]-Aug. Lat., abstr. pro concr. = amici: hospitem [[nisi]] ex amicitiā domini [[quam]] rarissime recipiat, Col. 11, 1, 23 (cf. [[before]]: hospitem [[nisi]] amicum familiaremque domini necessarium receperit): [[quin]] et parte ejusdem epistulae increpuit amicitias muliebres, Tac. A. 5, 2: omnes amicitias et familiaritates [[intra]] breve [[tempus]] adflixit, Suet. Tib. 51.
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|gf=<b>ămīcĭtĭa</b>,⁷ æ, f.,<br /><b>1</b> amitié : Cic. Læl. 6, etc.; amicitiam contrahere Cic. Læl. 48, former une amitié ; conglutinare Cic. Læl. 32, sceller une amitié ; v. jungere, gerere ; aliquem in amicitiam recipere Cic. Att. 2, 20, 1, recevoir qqn dans son amitié ; [[est]] [[mihi]] [[amicitia]] cum [[aliquo]] Cic. Clu. 117, je [[suis]] lié d’amitié avec qqn ; amicitiam evertere, dissociare, dimittere, dissuere, discindere, dirumpere Cic. Fin. 2, 80 ; Læl. 74 ; 76 ; 85, détruire l’amitié, la desceller, y renoncer, la dénouer, la trancher, la briser<br /><b>2</b> [entre peuples] amitié, bons rapports, alliance : amicitiam facere Cæs. G. 4, 16, 5, lier d’amitié, cf. Sall. J. 8, 2 ; 14, 5 ; Liv. 22, 37, etc.<br /><b>3</b> [en parl. de plantes] : Plin. 19, 156, etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gén. arch. amīcitiāī Lucr. 3, 83.
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