affectionate Copy link Outline 1. ămans, antis2. pĭus • affectionate: 1. ămans, antis: an a. friend, amicus a., Cic.: a most dear and a. brother, frater carissimus atque amantissimus, Cic.: most a. words, amantissima verba, Cic.: very a., pĕrămans, Cic. 2. pĭus: (of dutiful affection towards parents and relatives): a. towards one's parents, p. in parentes, Cic.: an a. mother, brother, p. mater, frater, Ov.: a. grief, p. dolor, Cic.: a. fear, viz. of a wife for her husband, p. metus, Ov. Phr.: a most a. reproof, objurgatio amoris plenissima, Cic.