Amata

Borrowed from Latin amāta.

Amata f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – clade; Cossina – section; Bombycina – subsection; Noctuoidea – superfamily; Erebidae – family; Arctiinae – subfamily; Syntomini – tribe

• (genus): Amata passalis (sandalwood defoliator) – type species

• → Arabic: عَمَّاتَة (ʕammāta)

• Amata (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Amata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

From Latin amāta (“loved, beloved”); feminine perfect passive participle of amāre (“love”). It can also be interpreted as the feminine form of the saint's name Amātus.

Amata (plural Amatas)

1. A female given name from Latin; always rare in English.
2. (Roman mythology) The wife of Latinus and the mother of Lavinia.

• IPA^(key): /aˈma.ta/^[1]
• Homophone: amata
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: A‧mà‧ta

Amata m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2026
• Amato (cognome) § Varianti on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Amata m or f by sense

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Amato

• Amata (nome) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

From amāta, feminine form of amātus (“beloved”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈmaː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈmaː.ta]

Amāta f sg (genitive Amātae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) The wife of Latinus and mother of Lavinia.

First-declension noun, singular only.

• “Amata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Amata”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Amata f

1. (Roman mythology) Amata (wife of Latinus and the mother of Lavinia)