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amicus

Pronunciation: [aˈmiː.kʊs]

“amicus” is a Latin word. Its 6 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. friendly, well-disposed, amicable
  2. loyal, devoted to
  3. supporting, propitious, helpful
  4. welcome, dear

noun

  1. male friend
  2. courtier, minister, counsellor

In Latin

  1. vir amans vel socius
  2. amans

Etymology

From amō (“to love”) + -īcus, with the ending perhaps derived from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₁ (instrumental suffix) + *-kos, as also in pudīcus, mendīcus.

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