Amor

See also: amor and amôr

English

Etymology 1

From the type object, 1221 Amor, itself from Latin Amor, the god of love.

Noun

Amor (plural Amors)

1. (astronomy) An asteroid that orbits between the orbits of Earth and Mars.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Amor. This surname was introduced in England by the Normans.

Proper noun

Amor (plural Amors)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Amor is the 19456^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1389 individuals. Amor is most common among White (39.02%), Hispanic/Latino (36.14%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (20.59%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Amor”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 35.

Anagrams

• moar, roam, Maor, Roma, Mora, Oram, Omar, armo, roma, Ramo, mora, Armo

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: A‧mor

Proper noun

Amor

1. a surname
2. a female given name

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Amor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːmoːɐ̯/

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Proper noun

Amor m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amors or Amor)

1. (Roman mythology, poetic) Cupid

   Synonym: Cupido

   • 1827, Heinrich Heine, “Die Heimkehr”, in Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎^[1], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:

     Doch als es morgens tagte, / Mein Kind, wie staunten wir! / Denn zwischen uns saß Amor, / Der blinde Passagier

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Amor [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Amor
genitive	eines	des	Amors, Amor
dative	einem	dem	Amor
accusative	einen	den	Amor

Derived terms

• Amorette
• Amors Pfeil

Further reading

• “Amor” in Duden online
• “Amor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Etymology

See amor (“love”)

Proper noun

Amor m (genitive Amōris); third declension

1. (personification of "amor" or love): Love, God of Love, Cupid
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.412:

     Improbē Amor, quid nōn mortālia pectora cōgis?

     Wicked Love, to what [ends] do you not compel mortal hearts?
     (Venus had sent Cupid to entice Dido’s love for Aeneas. Translations – Mackail, 1885: “Injurious Love, to what dost thou not compel mortal hearts!”; Knight, 1956: “Ah, merciless Love, is there any length to which you cannot force the human heart to go?”; Mandelbaum, 1971: “Voracious Love, to what do you not drive the hearts of men?”; West, 1990: “Love is a cruel master. There are no lengths to which it does not force the human heart.”; Lombardo, 2005: “Cruel Love, what do you not force human hearts to bear?”; Ahl, 2007: “Ruthless Love! Hearts break, humans die. How far must you force us?”; Bartsch, 2020: “Cursed love, you make us stoop to anything.”; Ruden, 2021: “Reprobate Love, wrencher of human hearts!”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Amor	Amōrēs
Genitive	Amōris	Amōrum
Dative	Amōrī	Amōribus
Accusative	Amōrem	Amōrēs
Ablative	Amōre	Amōribus
Vocative	Amor	Amōrēs

Spanish

Etymology

From amor (“love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmoɾ/ [aˈmoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: A‧mor

Proper noun

Amor m or f by sense

1. a surname

Swedish

Proper noun

Amor c (genitive Amors)

1. (Roman mythology) Cupid (god of love)

   Synonyms: (literary) Astrild, (uncommon) Cupido

   träffas av Amors pilar

   be struck by Cupid's arrow (literally "arrows," idiomatic)

See also

• kärleksgud