amasia
See also: Amasia and amásia
Latin
Etymology
Regular feminisation of amāsius (“a lover”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈmaː.si.a/, [äˈmäːs̠iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈma.si.a/, [äˈmäːs̬iä]
Noun
amāsia f (genitive amāsiae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) a concubine
Declension
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
- (a concubine): amīca, concubīna, coniūnx, paelex, pallaca (all Classical)
References
- 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