amasia

== Latin == === Etymology === Regular feminisation of amāsius (“a lover”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈmaː.si.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈmaː.s̬i.a] === Noun === amāsia f (genitive amāsiae); first declension (Medieval Latin) a concubine ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (a concubine): amīca, concubīna, coniūnx, paelex, pallaca (all Classical) ==== Descendants ==== Portuguese: amásia === References === "amasia", 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) “amasia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “amasia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “amasia”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 39/1 == Portuguese == === Verb === amasia inflection of amasiar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative