amatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ămātĭo, ōnis, f. [amo],

love , caressing , fondling (perh. only in Plaut.): tua mihi odiosa est amatio, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 20; so id. Poen. 5, 2, 136; id. Rud. 4, 5, 14: neque in hac (fabulā) amatio, intrigue , id. Capt. epil. 2 (1030) . —In plur., Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 53.