amicula Latin · revision 9864

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''amīcula''' ''f'' (genitive amīculae, masculine amīculus); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|amīca|-ula|t1=female friend, mistress]], a diminutive, the feminine of [[amīculus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) ⟨amīcus⟩ is from [[m|la|amō|t=to love]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*ama-|t=to take, hold]], from [[ine-pro|*h₃mh₃-|t=to take hold of]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Varro, and Gaffiot cites Cicero's ''De oratore''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a little sweetheart, a mistress, lady friend.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|mistress]], lady friend, little sweetheart.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[amīca]]

+ * [[amīculus]]

+ * [[amō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}