ămūsos Copy link ⓘămūse: masc voc sg • ămūsos, i, m., = ἄμουσος, one unskilled in music, * Vitr. 1, 1 med.
ămūsos Copy link ⓘămūse: masc voc sg • ămūsos, ī, m. (ἄμουσος), qui ne sait pas la musique : Vitr. Arch. 1, 1, 13.
amuse Copy link Outline I. To entertain the mind agreeably1. dēlecto, 12. oblecto, 1 (esp. of diversion after labour, drudgeryII. To delude, q. v. • amuse: I. To entertain the mind agreeably: 1. dēlecto, 1: send for Pamphilus to a. us, Pamphilum accerse, ut delectet nos, Ter.: to a. other people's leisure, aliorum otium d., Plin. 2. oblecto, 1 (esp. of diversion after labour, drudgery: to a. with fictions the minds of readers, fictis o. legentum animos, Tac.: to a. oneself with agriculture, se agri cultione o., Cic.: we are a.d with games, ludis oblectamur, Cic.: a. yourself with Cicero, oblecta te cum Cicerone, Cic.: v. also to amuse oneself. II. To delude, q. v.: dēlūdo.
AMUSE Copy link • AMUSEoblectare (to supply a pleasant occupation; to amuse, whether by things or words): delectare (to delight). To amuse one’s self with anything, se delectare aliqua re: delectari aliqua re (e.g., libris): se oblectare aliqua re (e.g., ludis). The play amuses the people (fabula oblectat populum). To be amused, oblectari aliqua re: oblectari et duci aliqua re: delectatione alicujus rei duci: voluptatem ex aliqua re capere, percipere, habere. Draw a man on (with hopes, promises, etc.), extrahere aliquem (Vid :, Liv., 23, and31): aliquem variis frustrationibus differre, or variis dilationibus frustrare; aliquem per frustrationem differre: aliquem eludere atque extrahere: lactare aliquem et spe falsa producere (Ter.).