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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=amita amitae N F :: paternal aunt, father's sister; [~ magna/maior/maxima=>great/g-g/g-g-g-aunt]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ămĭta</b>: ae, f. cf. [[abba]], [[avus]], and Engl. [[aunt]] (so the [[mother]]'s [[sister]] is called [[matertera]], from [[mater]]; cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10),<br /><b>I</b> a [[father]]'s [[sister]], a [[paternal]] [[aunt]], Cic. Clu. 10; Liv. 39, 11; Tac. A. 12, 64; 27, 16; Vulg. Lev. 20, 19 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Amita magna, a [[sister]] of a [[grandfather]] (avi), a [[great]]-[[aunt]], Tac. A. 2, 27; Paul. l. c.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Amita major, an [[aunt]] of a [[grandfather]], Paul. l. c. and Fest. s. v. Major, p. 98.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Amita maxima, an [[aunt]] of a [[great]]-[[grandfather]], also called [[abamita]], Paul. l. c. and Fest. s. v. Major, p. 98.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ămĭta</b>,¹² æ, f., sœur du père, tante du côté paternel : Cic. Clu. 30 &#124;&#124; magna Tac. Ann. 2, 27, sœur de l’aïeul, grand-tante.||magna Tac. Ann. 2, 27, sœur de l’aïeul, grand-tante.
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{{Georges
|georg=amita, ae, f. (ἀμμάς, ahd. [[amma]], [[Mutter]], [[Amme]]), [[des]] Vaters [[Schwester]], die [[Tante]] (Ggstz. [[matertera]], der [[Mutter]] [[Schwester]]), Cic. u.a.: magna, [[Schwester]] [[des]] Großvaters, [[Großtante]], ICt.: [[dies]]. bl. [[amita]], Tac. ann. 2, 27: [[maior]], [[Schwester]] [[des]] Urgroßvaters ([[sonst]] [[proamita]]): maxima, [[Schwester]] [[des]] Ururgroßvaters, ICt.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=amita, ae. f. :: 姑母。Magna amita 祖姑母。Major amita 會祖姑母。— maxima 高祖姑母。
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