amo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning to love
Literal translation to love
Variants
amo
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to love astrological concept

Consilium ipse suum est Aries, ut principe dignum est, audit se Libramque videt, frustratur amando Taurum;

‘As befits a leader, the Ram is his own counsel; he listens to himself and beholds the Balance, and his love for the Bull is thwarted.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.485 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 120-121

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). amo (Lemma #2294). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2294/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). amo (Lemma #2294). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2294/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). amo (Lemma #2294). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2294/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) amo (Lemma #2294), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2294/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2294,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {amo ({Lemma} #2294)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2294/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2294/},
}