# Amor
## English
### Etymology 1

From the type object, 1221 Amor, itself from Latin Amor, the god of love.

#### Noun

Amor (plural Amors)
* (astronomy) An asteroid that orbits between the orbits of Earth and Mars.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Amor. This surname was introduced in England by the Normans.

#### Proper noun

Amor (plural Amors)
* A surname.

##### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Amor is the 19456th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1389 individuals. Amor is most common among White (39.02%), Hispanic/Latino (36.14%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (20.59%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Amor”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 35.

### Anagrams

* moar, roam, Maor, Roma, Mora, Oram, Omar, armo, roma, Ramo, mora, Armo

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: A‧mor

### Proper noun

Amor
* a surname
* a female given name

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Amor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːmoːɐ̯/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Amor m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amors or Amor)
* (Roman mythology, poetic) Cupid
    Synonym: Cupido
** 1827, Heinrich Heine, “Die Heimkehr”, in Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:Doch als es morgens tagte, / Mein Kind, wie staunten wir! / Denn zwischen uns saß Amor, / Der blinde Passagier(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* Amorette
* Amors Pfeil

### Further reading

* “Amor” in Duden online
* “Amor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Latin
### Etymology

See amor (“love”)

### Proper noun

Amor m (genitive Amōris); third declension
* (personification of "amor" or love): Love, God of Love, Cupid
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.412:Improbē Amor, quid nōn mortālia pectora cōgis?Wicked Love, to what [ends] do you not compel mortal hearts? (Venus had sent Cupid to entice Dido’s love for Aeneas. Translations – Mackail, 1885: “Injurious Love, to what dost thou not compel mortal hearts!”; Knight, 1956: “Ah, merciless Love, is there any length to which you cannot force the human heart to go?”; Mandelbaum, 1971: “Voracious Love, to what do you not drive the hearts of men?”; West, 1990: “Love is a cruel master. There are no lengths to which it does not force the human heart.”; Lombardo, 2005: “Cruel Love, what do you not force human hearts to bear?”; Ahl, 2007: “Ruthless Love! Hearts break, humans die. How far must you force us?”; Bartsch, 2020: “Cursed love, you make us stoop to anything.”; Ruden, 2021: “Reprobate Love, wrencher of human hearts!”)

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | Amor | Amōrēs |
| Genitive | Amōris | Amōrum |
| Dative | Amōrī | Amōribus |
| Accusative | Amōrem | Amōrēs |
| Ablative | Amōre | Amōribus |
| Vocative | Amor | Amōrēs |

## Spanish
### Etymology

From amor (“love”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈmoɾ/ [aˈmoɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: A‧mor

### Proper noun

Amor m or f by sense
* a surname

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Amor c (genitive Amors)
* (Roman mythology) Cupid (god of love)
    Synonyms: (literary) Astrild, (uncommon) Cupido
    träffas av Amors pilarbe struck by Cupid's arrow (literally "arrows," idiomatic)

#### See also

* kärleksgud