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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
1890 American Book Company edition; pinned Perseus XML digitization- amīcusLatin · n965
amīcus adj. with comp. and sup. Source etymology: AM- , loving, friendly, kind, favorable: tribuni nobis amici: tyranno, N.: luto sus, H.: mihi nemo amicior Attico: rex amicissimus rei p.: erga te animo esse amico, T.: m
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amīcus ī (gen plur. amīcūm, T.), m Source etymology: 1 amicus , a loved one, loving one, friend: communia esse amicorum inter se omnia, T.: tria paria amicorum: novus, vetus: paternus ac pernecessarius: numeri maioris am
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Are Latin amīcus and Greek philos cognates of friend because all mean friend?
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