amicus

== English == === Etymology === Abbreviation of amicus curiae. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæm.ɪ.kəs/, /əˈmi.kəs/ === Noun === amicus (plural amici) (law, informal) Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case. ==== Synonyms ==== amicus curiae (formal) === Anagrams === Casium, Macusi, Muisca, amusic, musaic, umiacs == Latin == === Etymology === From amō (“to love”) +‎ -īcus, with the ending perhaps derived from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₁ (instrumental suffix) + *-kos, as also in pudīcus, mendīcus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈmiː.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈmiː.kus] === Adjective === amīcus (feminine amīca, neuter amīcum, comparative amīcior, superlative amīcissimus, adverb amīcē); first/second-declension adjective friendly, well-disposed, amicable loyal, devoted to supporting, propitious, helpful welcome, dear ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Noun === amīcus m (genitive amīcī, feminine amīca); second declension male friend Synonyms: necessārius, comes, sodālis, concordia amīcum parāre ― to make a friend; to befriend (Augustan and later) courtier, minister, counsellor ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === Derived terms === === Descendants === === References === “amīcus” on page 130 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012) De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “amō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN === Further reading === “amicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “amicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "amicus", 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) “amicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.