friend Copy link Outline I. A personal acquaintance1. ămīcus (the most gen. word)2. fămĭliāris, is, c. (strictly an adj.3. ămātor (a lover, hence a warmly attached f.)4. hospes, ĭtis, m.; fem. hospĭta (a foreign f.; one connected as a guest or hostII. A supporter, advocate of1. ămīcus (strictly, adj.2. ămātor3. dīlĭgens, stŭdiōsus (also adjj.) • friend: I. A personal acquaintance: 1. ămīcus (the most gen. word): your very old, not merely f., but even lover, tuus antiquissimus non solum a., verum etiam amator, Cic. Verr. 3, 63, 148: to make f.s, parare a., Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 39: a great, i. e., influential, f., potens a., Hor. Od. 2, 18, 12; magnus a., Juv. 3, 57: f. of the Roman people, a. Populi R., al. Populo R., Liv. 26, 50. A female f., ămīca (often = mistress): to desert your female f.s and relatives, tuas amicas et cognatas deserere, Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 16. Dimin. ămīcŭlus, Cic.: Hor.: Cat. 2. fămĭliāris, is, c. (strictly an adj.: an intimate f.): in two days he became my intimate f., biduo mihi factus est f., Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 2: he is one of my intimate f.s, est ex meis intimis f., Cic. l. c. extr.: often in super., to denote great intimacy: one of my most intimate f.s, unus ex meis familiarissimis, Cic.: C. Mucius, a very intimate f. of Scipio, C. Mucius Scipioni familiarissimus, Cic.: v. intimate. A very intimate f., perfămĭliāris, used both subs. and adj., as perf. meus, Cic. Fam. 13, 51; perf. Philisto, id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, fin. 3. ămātor (a lover, hence a warmly attached f.): Paetus, a good man, and an attached f. (and admirer) of mine, P. vir bonus, a.que noster, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 8. 4. hospes, ĭtis, m.; fem. hospĭta (a foreign f.; one connected as a guest or host: Gr. ξένος): this fact Caesar had learnt from his (foreign) f.s, id factum ex suis h. Caesar cognoverat, Caes. B. G. 5, 6: a foreign f. of your family, h. familiae tuae, Cic. Am. 11, 37: v. host, guest. Phr.: to be an intimate f. of any body, familiariter (familiarissime) cum aliquo vivere, Cic. Div. Verr. 9, 29; aliquo familiariter uti, Nep. Phoc. extr.: to make f.s with any one, conferre se ad amicitiam alicujus, Cic. Br. 81, 281: v. friendship. II. A supporter, advocate of: 1. ămīcus (strictly, adj.: with dat.): the f. of tyranny, a. tyrannidi (al. tyrannis), Nep. Dion, 3: a greater f. to the freedom of all than to his own dominion, amicior omnium libertati quam suae dominationi, Nep. Milt. 3, extr.: the tribunes are our f.s, tribuni nobis sunt a., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, extr. 2. ămātor: v. lover (and comp. supr. I., 3). 3. dīlĭgens, stŭdiōsus (also adjj.): v. fond of, devoted to.