amasia

See also: Amasia and amásia

Latin

Etymology

Regular feminisation of amāsius (“a lover”).

Pronunciation

Noun

amāsia f (genitive amāsiae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) a concubine

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative amāsia amāsiae
genitive amāsiae amāsiārum
dative amāsiae amāsiīs
accusative amāsiam amāsiās
ablative amāsiā amāsiīs
vocative amāsia amāsiae

Synonyms

References

  • amasia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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 (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 39/1
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