15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

amigo 18
amigo [Sp; fern, amiga], friend.
a minori ad maius [L], from the less to the greater.
amiral [Fr; pi amiraux], admiral.
amissum quod nescitur non amittitur [L], the loss that is unknown is
no loss at all: Publilius Syrus.
amitié [Fr], friendship; amity; kindness. —amitié, doux repos de l'âme,
friendship, sweet resting place of the soul: Lamartine.
amoché [Fr], wounded: Fr. mil. slang.
à moi! [Fr], help! here!
à moitié [Fr], half; by half; by halves; in part.
amok [Mai], crazed with murderous frenzy; to run amok.
amole [Sp], soap plant: Mexico &f California.
à mon avis [Fr], in my opinion.
à mon secours! [Fr], help me! help!
amor de niño, agua en cestillo [Sp], a boy's love is water in a basket.
amore [It], love; affection. —amore è cieco, love is blind, —con amore,
with love; heartily; music, with tenderness.
amoretto [It; pi. amoretti], casual love affair; a flirtation.
amor gignit amorem [L], love begets love.
amor habendi [L], love of possessing.
amorino [It; pi. amorini], infant cupid or love: fine arts.
amor magnus doctor est [L], love is a great teacher: St. Augustine.
amor no tiene elección [Sp], love has no choice.
amor nummi [L], love of money.
amoroso [It], a lover; music, in a soft, loving manner; tenderly.
amor patriae [L], love of one's country; patriotism.
amor proximi [L], love of one's neighbor.
amor regge senza legge [It], love rules without rules (or laws).
amor sceleratus habendi [L], accursed love of possessing: Ovid.
amor solo d'amor si pasce [It], love feeds only on love.
amoto quaeramus seria ludo [L], setting banter aside, let us now give
attention to serious matters: Horace.
amourette [Fr], lit., small love affair; cookery, marrow, esp. of calf or
sheep, used in garnishing certain meat dishes. —amourettes de veau,
calf s marrow: cookery.
amoureux transi [Fr], lit., chilled (or trembling) lover; a bashful lover.
amour fait moult (or beaucoup), argent fait tout [Fr], love can do much,
money can do everything; love is powerful, but money is all-powerful.
amour propre [Fr], lit., love of oneself; self-esteem; vanity.
amo ut invenio [L], I love as I find (or light upon).
amparo [Sp], lit., protection; a certificate protecting a claimant of land
until a full title can be granted: Texas.
Amt ohne Geld macht Diebe [Ger], office without pay makes thieves.
anac [Tag], a son or daughter: P.I.
άνάνκη [Gr; anánke], necessity; force; constraint.