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).
* 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).
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* 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.

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