amor – Latin noun declension

Noun: amor
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension: Third

Nominative

Singular	amor
Plural	amōrēs

Genitive

Singular	amōris
Plural	amōrum

Dative

Singular	amōrī
Plural	amōribus

Accusative

Singular	amōrem
Plural	amōrēs

Ablative

Singular	amōre
Plural	amōribus

Vocative

Singular	amor
Plural	amōrēs

Sample Sentences

amor alicuius / in aliquem / erga aliquem (love for somebody)
amor fati (love of fate)
Omnia vincit amor: et nos cedamus amori. (Love defeats everything, and even we must give in to love.

Love conquers all; and we must yield to Love. (transl. by John Dryden)) [c. 41 BCE – 39 BCE, Vergilius, Eclogae 10.69]
[dixit] sese tamen et amore fraterno et existimatione vulgi commoveri. ([Divitiacus said] that, moreover, he was motivated by love for his brother and the common people's affection.) [c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.20]
amor laudum (desire for praises/glory)
Tantus est igitur innatus in nobis cognitionis amor et scientiae, ut nemo dubitare possit quin, ad eas res hominum, natura nullo emolumento invitata rapiatur. (And so, the desire for understanding and knowledge is so great, no one can doubt that, in human topics, there's a way to dissuade human nature from attainment (of knowledge).) [45 BCE, Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum 5.48]
Primus amor Phoebi Daphne Peneia, quem non fors / ignara dedit, sed saeva Cupidinis ira. (Phoebus' first love was Daphne the Penean, which accidental luck did not give (to him), but rather Cupid's fierce anger.) [8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 1.452–453]
Omne adeo genus in terris hominumque ferarumque
et genus aequoreum, pecudes pictaeque uolucres, (Thus everywhere every type of people and beasts,

whether those of water, livestock, or those portrayed flying,

are ruined into fury and fire: sex is the same to all.) [29 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.242–244]
aut quam sidera multa, cum tacet nox, / furtivos hominum vident amores: / tam te basia multa basiare / vesano satis et super Catullo'st (or as many as the stars, when the night is silent, watching people's secret love affairs: for you to kiss these many kisses / would be more than enough for frenzied Catullus...) [c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 7]
Legerat huius Amor titulum nomenque libelli: 'Bella mihi, video, bella parantur' ait. (Cupid read the title and name of this little book [The Cure for Love], and said, "War, I see war is being prepared for, against me.") [c. 2 CE, Ovidius, Remedia Amoris 1.1–2]
[...] quaeritur et nāscentis equī dē fronte revolsus / et mātrī praereptus amor. (… and [the priestess] requires a love-[charm], having been plucked from the forehead of a foal at birth before being snatched away by its mother.

(This unusual use of “amor” is traditionally understood here to mean a magic charm or philter, a reference to ancient belief in the magical properties of a hippomanes.)) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.515–516]

Nouns inflected like amor

nōmenculātor, conciliātor, sessor, sector, senior, sartor, assentātor, miserātor, salūtificātor, praegustātor, trājector, stimulātor, propitiātor, compōtor, laqueātor, irrumātor, intrōductor, smēgmātor, fēnerātor, prānsor, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der.
3. Proto-Italic *amāō
4. Latin amō
5. Proto-Indo-European *-os
6. Proto-Indo-European *-s
7. Proto-Indo-European *-ōs
8. Proto-Italic *-ōs
9. Latin -or
10. Latin amor
11. From amō + -or.

Verbs referencing "amor"

Italian Nouns amore, English Nouns amour, French Nouns amour, Middle English Nouns amour, French Nouns amoureux, Italian Nouns amoroso, Asturian Nouns amor, Catalan Nouns amor, Galician Nouns amor, Portuguese Nouns amor, Romanian Nouns amor, English Nouns monoamory.