amasia

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See also: Amasia and amásia

Latin

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Etymology

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Regular feminisation of amāsius (a lover).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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amāsia f (genitive amāsiae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) a concubine

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amāsia amāsiae
Genitive amāsiae amāsiārum
Dative amāsiae amāsiīs
Accusative amāsiam amāsiās
Ablative amāsiā amāsiīs
Vocative amāsia amāsiae

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Portuguese: amásia

References

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  • amasia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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

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Verb

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amasia

  1. inflection of amasiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative