Amata
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
Amāta, ae, f.: the wife of Latinus, 7.343, et al.
Ămāta, ae, f.
- The wife of King Latinus, and mother of Lavinia, Verg. A. 7, 343.—
- II The name of a vestal virgin, Gell. 1, 12, 19.
1. Amāta, ae, f. (eig. die Geliebte), I) Gemahlin des Königs Latinus, Mutter der Lavinia, der ersten Dienerin der Vesta zu Lavinium, Verg. Aen. 7, 343. – II) übtr., Name jeder vestalischen Jungfrau, wenn sie von dem Pontifex maximus gewählt ward, Gell. 1, 12. § 14 u. 19 (vgl. Walde, Etymol. Wörterb.2 S. 31).
1 Amāta, (13) æ, f. , ¶ 1 femme de Latinus : Virg. En. 7, 343 ¶ 2 nom dʼune vestale : Gell. 1, 12, 19.
Ama'ta
the wife of king Latinus and mother of Lavinia, who, when Aeneas sued for the hand of the latter, opposed him, because she had already promised Lavinia to Turnus. At the same time she was instigated by Alecto, who acted according to the request of Juno, to stir up the war with Turnus. This story fills the greater part of the seventh book of Virgil's Aeneid. When Amata was informed that Turnus had fallen in battle, she hung herself. (Verg. A. 12.600; Dionys. A. R. 1.64.) [L.S]
Amāta
The wife of King Latinus, and mother of Lavinia. She opposed the marriage of Lavinia to Aeneas, because she had already promised her to Turnus. When she heard that Turnus had fallen in battle, she hanged herself. (Verg. Aen. xii. 603). See Aeneas; Turnus.