amans

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of amō (“to love”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.mãːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.mans] === Participle === amāns (genitive amantis, comparative amantior, superlative amantissimus, adverb amanter); third-declension one-termination participle loving being fond of, liking being under obligation to; being obliged to ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== peramāns === Noun === amāns m or f (genitive amantis); third declension lover, sweetheart ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “amans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “amans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "amans", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “amans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.