verb transitive

dĕ-ămo

2nd PP dĕ-ămāre · 3rd PP dĕāvi · 4th PP dĕātum · conj. 1st

to be desperately in love with, to love dearly; passionately; depereo

v. a., to be desperately in love with, to love dearly or passionately (ante-class.), "vehementius amare," Non. 97, 21 (cf. depereo).

Prop.: illa, quam tuus gnatus annos multos deamat, deperit, Plaut. Epid. 2, 2,… •

Prop.: illa, quam tuus gnatus annos multos deamat, deperit, Plaut. Epid. 2, 2, 35; id. Poen. 4, 2, 72; Afran. ap. Non. l. l. (v. 357 Ribbeck): Laber. ap. Charis. l, p. 84 P. (v. 41 Ribbeck).—

by extension

to be quite in love with, delighted with; I am greatly obliged to you •

Of things, to be quite in love with, delighted with: deamavi ... lepidissima munera, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 3; cf.: dona deamata acceptaque, id. Truc. 4, 1, 5: deamo te, Syre, I am greatly obliged to you, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 21.

Perseus ID: n12372 Key: deamo