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Adjective

amita ‎(accusative singular amitan, plural amitaj, accusative plural amitajn)

1. singular past passive participle of ami

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *amma-, *ama- ‎(“mother”), a lost baby-word of the papa-type; compare amō ‎(“I love”), Old High German amma ‎(“wet nurse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mi.ta/, [ˈa.mɪ.ta]

Noun

amita f ‎(genitive amitae); first declension

1. paternal aunt; father's sister

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

• avunculus
• matertera
• patruus

References

• amita in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amita in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• AMITA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amita”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.