Fromad-(“near, at; towards, to”) +amō(“love”).
adamō (present infinitiveadamāre,perfect activeadamāvī,supineadamātum);first conjugation
- (to love emphatically): toloveardently,deeply,earnestly,greatly ortruly, tolovewith all one's heart; to bedevoted, to beenamored, to beinfatuated
- Synonyms:ārdeō,īnfatuor,ūrō
c. 52BCE,
Julius Caesar,
Commentarii de Bello Gallico1.31:
- Horum primo circiter milia XV Rhenum transisse; postea quam agros et cultum et copias Gallorum homines feri ac barbariadamassent, traductos plures; nunc esse in Gallia ad C et XX milium numerum.
- That about 15,000 of them [i.e. of the Germans] had at first crossed the Rhine: but after that these wild and savage menhad become enamored of the lands and the refinement and the abundance of the Gauls, more were brought over, that there were now as many as 120,000 of them in Gaul.
- (to desire emphatically): tocovet, tocrave, todesire, tolong for, towant
- Synonyms:concupiō,cupiō
- (to conceive love or desire): to becomeenamored, to becomecaptivated, to becomedevoted, tofall in love
- Synonyms:ārdēscō,exārdēscō
InClassical Latin,adamō was only used in theperfect andpluperfect tenses.
| indicative | singular | plural |
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| first | second | third | first | second | third |
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| active | present | adamō | adamās | adamat | adamāmus | adamātis | adamant |
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| imperfect | adamābam | adamābās | adamābat | adamābāmus | adamābātis | adamābant |
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| future | adamābō | adamābis | adamābit | adamābimus | adamābitis | adamābunt |
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| perfect | adamāvī | adamāvistī,
adamāstī1 | adamāvit,
adamāt1 | adamāvimus,
adamāmus1 | adamāvistis,
adamāstis1 | adamāvērunt,
adamārunt,
adamāvēre1 |
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| pluperfect | adamāveram,
adamāram1 | adamāverās,
adamārās1 | adamāverat,
adamārat1 | adamāverāmus,
adamārāmus1 | adamāverātis,
adamārātis1 | adamāverant,
adamārant1 |
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| future perfect | adamāverō,
adamārō1 | adamāveris,
adamāris1 | adamāverit,
adamārit1 | adamāverimus,
adamārimus1 | adamāveritis,
adamāritis1 | adamāverint,
adamārint1 |
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| passive | present | adamor | adamāris,
adamāre | adamātur | adamāmur | adamāminī | adamantur |
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| imperfect | adamābar | adamābāris,
adamābāre | adamābātur | adamābāmur | adamābāminī | adamābantur |
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| future | adamābor | adamāberis,
adamābere | adamābitur | adamābimur | adamābiminī | adamābuntur |
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| perfect | adamātus + present active indicative ofsum |
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| pluperfect | adamātus + imperfect active indicative ofsum |
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| future perfect | adamātus + future active indicative ofsum |
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| subjunctive | singular | plural |
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| first | second | third | first | second | third |
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| active | present | adamem | adamēs | adamet | adamēmus | adamētis | adament |
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| imperfect | adamārem | adamārēs | adamāret | adamārēmus | adamārētis | adamārent |
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| perfect | adamāverim,
adamārim1 | adamāverīs,
adamārīs1 | adamāverit,
adamārit1 | adamāverīmus,
adamārīmus1 | adamāverītis,
adamārītis1 | adamāverint,
adamārint1 |
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| pluperfect | adamāvissem,
adamāssem1 | adamāvissēs,
adamāssēs1 | adamāvisset,
adamāsset1 | adamāvissēmus,
adamāssēmus1 | adamāvissētis,
adamāssētis1 | adamāvissent,
adamāssent1 |
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| passive | present | adamer | adamēris,
adamēre | adamētur | adamēmur | adamēminī | adamentur |
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| imperfect | adamārer | adamārēris,
adamārēre | adamārētur | adamārēmur | adamārēminī | adamārentur |
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| perfect | adamātus + present active subjunctive ofsum |
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| pluperfect | adamātus + imperfect active subjunctive ofsum |
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| imperative | singular | plural |
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| first | second | third | first | second | third |
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| active | present | — | adamā | — | — | adamāte | — |
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| future | — | adamātō | adamātō | — | adamātōte | adamantō |
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| passive | present | — | adamāre | — | — | adamāminī | — |
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| future | — | adamātor | adamātor | — | — | adamantor |
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| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle |
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| active | passive | active | passive |
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| present | adamāre | adamārī | adamāns | — |
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| future | adamātūrumesse | adamātumīrī | adamātūrus | adamandus |
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| perfect | adamāvisse,
adamāsse1 | adamātumesse | — | adamātus |
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| future perfect | — | adamātumfore | — | — |
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| perfect potential | adamātūrumfuisse | — | — | — |
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| verbal nouns | gerund | supine |
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| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative |
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| adamandī | adamandō | adamandum | adamandō | adamātum | adamātū |
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
- “adamo”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adamo”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “adamo”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894),Latin Phrase-Book[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
- to be an enthusiastic devotee of letters:litteras adamasse (only in perf. and plup.)
- to become devoted to some one:adamasse aliquem (only in Perf. and Plup.) (Nep. Dion 2. 3)
adamo
- first-personsingularpresentindicative ofadamar
