AMI 
AMI 
AMN 
AMsToR (ayfircop), oris, m. motherless. 
3 TcrtuU. 
AMFRACTUS. S ee Anfractus. 
AMI A (apta), ®, f. a sea-fisli, of the tunny 
species. Plin. 
XMI'aNTOS (aytavros), i, m. the amian- 
tus, asbcstus, or amiant-stone; a fossil 
stone that may be split into threads and 
filaments, and is inconsumable by fire; 
earth-flat, salamander's wool. Plin. 
AMIGA (amicus), ®, f. a mistress, concu¬ 
bine, courtesan; a miss, sweetheart; a 
quean, tpio/ievy, iraipa, mulier impu- 
dice amata. Cic. and Tcrent. - 
V Sometimes used in a good sense. 
Terent. 
XMICaBILIS (amico), e, adject, amicable, 
3 friendly, social ; relating to friendship, 
ipthticds, amicus. Cod. Justin. 
XMIOaLIS (amicus), e, adj. same as ami- 
3 cabilis. Apulei. 
AMICe (Id.), adv. in a friendly manner, 
cordially, kindly, benevolently, (j)i\oirpe- 
vdis. Cic. Amice, et benevole erga 
aliquem. Id. Familiarissime, atque ami- 
cissime vivere cum aliquo. Id. Vivere 
simpliciter, fideliter, vitteque hominum 
amice. Cats. Amicissime loqui de aliquo. 
XMICIM2N (amicio), Inis, n. same as 
3 amictus. Apul. 
AMICIS (am & jacio), Tcis, icui & ixi, 
ictum, a. 4. to cover, clothe, dress, ayne- 
%co, operio, circumtego, vestio. Ovid. 
amicitur vitibus arbos. Flor. Araicti 
vitibus montes. Horat. Et piper, et 
quidquid chartis amicitur ineptis. Sue- 
ton. Dum salutabatur, et calceabat ipse 
se se, et amiciebat. Id. Amiciri veste. 
Horat. Ossa amicta pelle. Id. Nube 
candentes humeros amictus, veiled. 
Cic. Amictus lsena, clothed. Id. toga. 
Plant. Amicibor gloriose. 
XMfCIT£R (amicus), adv. in a friendly 
3 way, amice. Plant. 
AMICITIA (Id.), se, f. friendship, amity, 
0tAta. Cic. Est mihi amicitia cum ali¬ 
quo. Id. Amicitia est inter aliquos. 
JVepos. Esse in amicitia cum aliquo. 
Cic. Amicitiam colere. Id. contrahit 
significatio virtutis, binds, tightens, 
draws close. Id. gerere. Id. Recipere 
aliquem in amicitiam. Id. Tueri ami¬ 
citiam. Id. Jungere amicitias cum ali- 
quibus. Id. Vir plurimis amicitiis, with 
a large circle of friends. Id. Expetere 
amicitias. Id. comparare. Id. Con- 
ferre se ad amicitiam alicujus. Terent.. 
Uti amicitia alicujus. Cies. Dedere se 
amiciti® alicujus. JVepos. Accedere ad 
amicitiam alicujus. Id. Parere sibi 
amicitiam. Id. Pervenire in intimam 
amicitiam alicujus. Cic. Manere in 
amicitia. Id. Deserere jura amiciti®. 
Id. Funditus evertere amicitiam. Id. 
Dissociare amicitias. Id. dimittere. 
Id. dissuere, et discindere. Id. Remo- 
vere se ab amicitia alicujus. Id. dirum- 
pere, to dissolve the ties of friendship, to 
clip the knot, &c. JVepos. Deficere ab 
amicitia alicujus. Cic. Repudiare ami¬ 
citiam alicujus. Liv. Renuntiare ami¬ 
citiam alicui.-IT Also, an alliance, 
a league of friendship, as between differ¬ 
ent states. Liv. Legati Oroandensium 
cum venissent amicitiam petentes. Id. 
Violare amicitiam populi R. Sallust. 
Colere amicitiam populi R. Cws. Pa- 
cem, et amicitiam cum rege aliquo fa- 
cere. -IT Sometimes, for amicus, a 
friend. Sueton. and Tacit. ■—- IT It is 
applied also to irrational things. Plin. 
Amicitia est rut® cum fico in tantum, 
&c. Id. Amicitia vitium. 
AMICITIkS (Id.) Hi, I. friendship. Luc. 3 
AMIC5 (amicus), as, a. i to win over, 
3 propitiate, appease, nposayoyai, concilio, 
placo, amicum facio, propitium reddo. 
Slat. Ac prior CEclides soiita prece nu- 
men amicat. 
XMICTGRIUM (amictus), ii, n. a cover- 
3 ing which is thrown over or wrapped 
round the neck and breast , used by wo¬ 
men. Martial. - IT Also, any cover¬ 
ing. Cod. Thcod. 
XMICTOS (amicio), us, m. properly, an 
2 outer garment ,- inlShypa, as the toga, 
pallium, &c., but is also used for any 
garment, clothing, covering. Tibull. 
Frustra jam vestes, frustra' mutatur 
amictus. Virg. Duplicem ex humeris 
rejecit amictum. Cic. Imitari amic- 
tum alicujus, ant statum, aut motum, 
h. e. manner of dress. Virg. Velare 
capita amictu Phrygio. Id. Et mulr.o 
nebula: I)ea fudit amictu. Lucret. cadi 
mutemus amictum, Ii. e. the air, by which 
we are as it were clothed and encircled. - 
IT Figur. Colum. curvi vomere dentis 
Jam virides lacerate comas, jam sein- 
dite amictus, h. e. the herbs and plants 
which cover the earth. 
AMICOIjA (arnica), se, f. dimin. a little 
contemptible courtesan or mistress, to eye o- 
tiov. Cic. 
XMICOLUM (amicio), i, n. a small outer 
garment, dytilcaya. Cic. Arnica? amic¬ 
tus amiculo'. JVepos. Agresti duplici 
amiculo circumdatur. 
XMICOLOS (amicus), i, m. dimin. a dear 
friend, old acquaintance. Cic. Quid de 
Docimo amiculo meo ? Horat. Disce, 
docendus adhuc quae censet amiculus. 
Catull. Jam te nil miseret, dure, tui 
dulcis amiculi. 
AMICOS (amicus, a, urn), i, m. a friend, 
qui honeste amat, et arcto fami- 
liaritatis et benevolent!® vinculo con- 
junctus est. Cic. Alba tuus antiquissi- 
mus non solum amicus, verum etiam 
amator. Terent. Parare amicos. Id. 
Orare amicos alicujus.-If Also, an 
ally. Cic. Deiotarus ex animo amicus, 
unus fidelis populo R. - IT Also, a 
counsellor, confidant, domestic to a prince. 
JVepos. - IT Also, a patron. Horat. 
Nec potentem amicum largiora flagito. 
Juvenal. Magnos amicos. 
AMICOS (amo), a, um, adj. friendly,kind, 
cordial, benevolent, favorably inclined, qui 
amat, benevolus, favens, (filXos. Cic. 
Tribuni plebis sunt nobis amici. Id. 
Amicus animus. Id. Ut ego amicior 
iuve'nirer Cilicum mrariis, quam nostro. 
Id. Successor conjunctissimus, et ami- 
cissimus. JVepos. Amicus non magis 
tyranno, quant tyrann.M. Id. Amicior 
omnium libertati, quam su® domina- 
tioni. Virg. Nunten amicum. Ovid. 
studiis adsit arnica meis. Horat. Arni¬ 
ca luto sus.- IT Applied, also, to in¬ 
animate things, suitable, favorable, fa¬ 
voring, propitious, convenient, opportune , 
fit, profitable. Virg. per arnica silentia 
lun®. Id. irrigare intbres amicos. Ho¬ 
rat. Sidus amicum, propitious. Stat. 
Tempus amicum fraudibus, fit. Ovid. 
Navis fertur vento amico, favorable. 
- IT Horat. Nec diis amicum, nec 
mihi, te prius obire, M®cenas, li. e. it 
pleases neither the gods, &c.-IT Coes. 
Ainic® civitates, confederated. — 
IT Some critics, in Cic. 1. 3, Fam. Ep. 2, 
read amicitior, contpar. for amicior; and 
so in some other passages. 
AMILCAR, or HAMILCXR, iiris, m. 
'AyiXxap, a leader of the Carthaginians, 
father of Annibal. JVepos. -IT There 
were, besides, several others of the 
same name. 
AMINeOS, or aMMIN£ 0S, or aMTNkuS, 
or AMINNIUS, or AMINAEOS, a, um, 
adject. Aminean, of or belonging to 
Aminea, a region of Italy, celebrated for 
_ its wine. Virg. Amine® vites. 
aMISSIS (amitto), onis, f. the act of 
_ losing, a loss. Cic. 
aMISSOS (Id.), us, m. a loss, amissio. 
JVepos. 
AMITA (unc.), ®, f. a father's sister; an 
aunt by the father's side, rarpadeirpy, 
patris mei soror; nam matris soror ma- 
tertera dicitur. Cicer. Cluentia qu® 
amita hujus Aviti fuit. - IT Paul. 
Dig. Amita rnagna, h. e. avi soror, a 
grandfather's sister, great aunt. Id. Ami¬ 
ta major, h. e. avi et avi® amita, seu 
soror proavi, et proaviat, a great grand¬ 
father’s sister. Id. Amita maxima, h. e. 
soror abavi, the sister of a great grand¬ 
father's father ; also called abamita. 
AMIPeRNUM, i, n. ’ Aylre.pvov, a town 
of the Sabines. Liv. - IT lienee, Ami- 
ternlnus, a, um, adj. Colum. and Ami- 
ternus, a, um, adj. of or pertaining to 
Amiternum. Virg. 
AMITIIaON, or XMyTHaoN, onis, m. 
the son of Cretheus, and father of Melam- 
pus. Ovid. Amithaone natus. - 
IT Hence, Amithaonius, or Amythaoni- 
us, a, um, adj. of or belonging to or 
springing from Amithaon, Amithaonian. 
Virg. Amithaonius Melampus. 
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AMITINCS (amita), a, um, adj. descended 
from a father's sister. Pandect. — Amiti ni. 
and amitin®, are cousins german, chil- 
_ dren of the brother, and those of the sister. 
aMiTTS (a & mitto), is, isi, issum, a. 3. 
to send away, dismiss, let go, abire sinere, 
dimittere, amandare, dibUipi, dnroircp. 
iron Cic. Usque eo premere earunt 
capita mordicus, dum ill® captum amit- 
terent. Plant. Et te, et hunc amittam 
hinc. Id. Quia te servavi, me amisis- 
ti liberum. Terent. Vis nte uxorem 
ducere, banc me vis amittere? Id. 
Neque quo amittam a me invenio, &c. 
Id. Virginem e conspectu amisi meo, 
have lost sight of. Cic. Amittere pr®- 
dam de manibus, to let slip, allow to 
escape. Plant. Amittere pr®dam mani¬ 
bus. Id. Tibi banc amittam #oxiam 
unam, h. e. will excuse, let pass, pass over. 
Cic. Amittere Sccasionem, to let slip, 
lose. Id. Amiss® occasiones, suffered 
to pass by. Id. Amittere tempus. Id. 
Assiduitate molestiarum sensum om- 
nein humanitatis ex animo amittere, 
h. e. to banish from the heart, ~&c.- 
IT Often, also, to lose, throw away, dno- 
fidWco. Cic. Classes amiss® et perdi- 
t®. Id. Amittere jus exercitus, et im¬ 
perii. Id. civitatem. Id. oppidum. 
Id. filium, h. c. by death. Id. Litem 
aut obtinere, aut amittere. JVepos. ani- 
mam. Id. Reconciliare milites, amit¬ 
tere optimates, li. e. their favor. Id. 
fidem, h. e. to become faithless. Phcedr. 
fidem, h. e. to lose one's credit. Justin. 
_ spem. 
aMMI, ios, and AMMIUM (uppi and ay- 
yiov), ii, n. amy; an herb resembling 
cumin. Plin. -IT It is written also 
ami and amium. 
aMMIaNOS MARCELLINUS, i, m. a 
Grecian by birth, by profession a soldier, 
who, in the fourth century of the Chris¬ 
tian era, wrote the later history of the Ro¬ 
mans. 
AMMtiCHRyStiS (ayyus, sand, and xpv- 
3 cros, gold), or HaMMOCHRySOS, i, m. 
a precious stone, shining like gold-sand , 
dppoxpvao s. Plin. 
AMM&DyTeS, or aMM5DITeS, or HaM- 
MODyTeS (Hypos, sand, and dvi/to, to 
enter), ®, m. dypoSvrt] s, a kind of ser¬ 
pent in Africa, of a cubit’s length, living 
in the sand, and resembling it in color. 
_ Lucan. 
aMMoN (dpyoi, sand: others consider it 
as an Egyptian word), onis,m. "Appoiv, 
covos, a name of Jupiter, worshipped in 
the deserts of Lybia, under the form of a 
ram+jvjicre a temple was erected to him: 
in tms temple was a famous oracle. Cur- 
tius and Mela. -IT Hence, Ammonia 
cornu, a precious stone of the color of 
gold , of the shape of a ram's horn. Plin. 
-- IT Hammon is also read. 
AMMONEO, es, for Admoneo. 
AMMoNIACOS (dppwviaKos), a, um, ad¬ 
ject. ammonian. Plin. sal, a kind of 
native salt, said to be found under the sand, 
in Lybia. -IT Ammoniacum, i, n. sc. 
gummi, gum ammoniac, or armoniac, 
distilling from a tree near the temple of 
Jupiter Ammon. Plin. -IT Cels. Tliy- 
miama ammoniacum, aperfume or scent 
made of the gum. 
AMMONITRIX. See Admonitrix. 
AMM5NITRUM (Hypos, sand, and vl- 
rpov, nitre), i, n. a mass composed of 
sand and nitre, dyydvirpov. Plin. 
AMMOVEO, es, for Admoveo. 
aMNXCOS, or aMNXCUM, i, the herb 
_ pellitory. Plin. 
aMNeNSIS (amnis), e, adj. situated near 
3 a river, nepurordyios. Fcstus. 
AMNeSTIA (a privat. and yvaoyai), ®, 
f. an amnesty, or act of oblivion, dyvyo- 
rl a. Vopisc. 
AMNIC5LA (amnis & colo), ®, m. & f. 
dwelling or growing on the banks of a 
_ river, nepneordyios. Ovid. 
aMNICOLOS (amnis), i. m. a small river, 
_ rivulet, brook. Liv. 
aMNICOS (Id.), a, um, adj. relating to a 
river, TTo-ayio;. Plin. Amnici calami. 
Id. Insula in Savo Metubarris (now Za- 
grabia) amnicarum maxima, li. e. of 
those formed by rivers. Anson. Super 
_ ainnica terga, h. e. the water of the river. 
aMNIGENA (amnis & gigno), ®, m. <$j f- 
3 born or produced in a river, child of thi 
