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amasius
Amasius comes from Latin amāsius ‘a male lover’, and goes back to amō ‘to love’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamō‘to love’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamāsius‘a male lover’
- Englishearliest quotation 1607amasius
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamō‘to love’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamāsius‘a male lover’
- Englishearliest quotation 1607amasius
Earliest quotation: 1607, ?, Of the Lion: “Ovid hath a witty fiction of one Phyllius, who…”
Linked words
through Latin amō ‘to love’
enemy, enmity, amour, amicable, amity, amenity, inimical, 19 more
Today it means
noun A male paramour, typically in extramarital or illicit contexts
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin amō / amasius