amasio

Italian

Etymology

From Latin amāsius (“a lover”).

Noun

amasio m (plural amasi, feminine amasia)

1. lover
2. catamite

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈmaː.si.oː/, [äˈmäːs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈma.si.o/, [äˈmäːs̬io]

Noun

amāsiō m

1. dative/ablative singular of amāsius

References

• “amasio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amasio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

amasio

1. first-person singular present indicative of amasiar