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|lshtext=<b>ămoenus</b>: a, um, adj. amo; [[some]] comp. [[ἀμείνων]]>,<br /><b>I</b> [[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]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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. —<br /><b>II</b> 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. *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Old form ămoenĭter: [[hilare]] [[atque]] [[amoeniter]] vindemiam agitare, [[joyfully]] and [[delightfully]], Gell. 20, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</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.