dilecta (general term; e.g., Plin., 35, 11, 37: ☞ amata does not occur): amica (in a dishonorable sense). My sweetheart, amor noster: deliciae meae: voluptas nostra: to have a sweetheart, aliquam diligere (with reference to a particular person, in a good sense); amare (in a bad sense): to have many sweethearts, multos amare.