deamo

dĕ-ămo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to be desperately in love with, to love dearly or passionately (ante-class.), "vehementius amare," Non. 97, 21 (cf. depereo ).

I.

Prop.:

illa, quam tuus gnatus annos multos deamat, deperit,

Plaut. Epid. 2, 2, 35; id. Poen. 4, 2, 72; Afran. ap. Non. l. l. (v. 357 Ribbeck): Laber. ap. Charis. l, p. 84 P. (v. 41 Ribbeck).—

II.

Transf.

A.

Of things, to be quite in love with, delighted with:

deamavi... lepidissima munera,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 3; cf.:

dona deamata acceptaque,

id. Truc. 4, 1, 5: deamo te, Syre, I am greatly obliged to you, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 21.