I.friendly, kind, amicable, favorable, inclined to, liking; constr. with dat., Zumpt, Gram. § “410: animo esse amico erga aliquem,” Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 29; Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3: “tribuni sunt nobis amici,” id. Q. Fr. 1, 2 fin.: “homo amicus nobis jam inde a puero,” Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 86: “Pompeium tibi valde amicum esse cognovi,” Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 5; id. Att. 9, 5: “amicus non magis tyranno quam tyrannidi,” Nep. Dion, 3, 2; id. Att. 9: “male numen amicum,” Verg. A. 2, 735; Ov. F. 3, 834: “(Fortuna) amica varietati constantiam respuit,” Cic. N. D. 2, 16: “amica luto sus,” fond of, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 26.—Comp.: “mihi nemo est amicior Attico,” Cic. Att. 16, 16: “amicior Cilicum aerariis quam nostro,” id. ib. 7, 1, 6; id. Fam. 3, 2, 1.—Sup.: “Deiotarum, fidelissimum regem atque amicissimum rei publicae nostrae,” Cic. Att. 15, 2, 2: “cum summi viri, tum amicissimi,” id. Am. 2, 8: “amicissimi viri,” Suet. Caes. 1: “successor conjunctissimus et amicissimus,” Cic. Fam. 3, 3: “hoc libro ad amicum amicissimus de amicitiā scripsi,” id. Am. 1, 5; 23, 88 (but the comp. and sup. may sometimes be rendered as belonging to 2. amicus, a greater friend, the greatest friend, as in Cic. Att. 16, 16, and Am. 1, 5; so in Gr. βασιλεύς etc.).—
B. Of things, kindly, pleasing (mostly poet.; “so Cic. rarely): nihil homini amico est opportuno amicius,” Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 44: “secundum te nihil est mihi amicius solitudine,” Cic. Att. 12, 15: “portus intramus amicos,” Verg. A. 5, 57: fessos opibus solatur amicis, id. ib. 5, 416: “vento amico ferri,” Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 17: “per amica silentia lunae,” Verg. A. 2, 255: “amici imbres,” id. G. 4, 115: “sidus amicum,” Hor. Epod. 10, 9: “sol amicum tempus agens,” bringing the welcome hour, id. C. 3, 6, 43: “tempus fraudibus amicum,” Stat. S. 5, 2, 39: “brevitas postulatur, qui mihimet ipsi amicissima est,” Cic. Quinct. 34.—*
C. Amicum est mihi (after the Gr. φίλον ἐστί μοι; in pure Lat., mihi cordi est, etc.); with inf., it pleases me, it accords with my feelings: “nec dis amicum est nec mihi te prius Obire,” Hor. C. 2, 17, 2.—Hence, adv., in a friendly manner, kindly, amicably.
b. Class. form ămīcē : “facis amice,” Cic. Am. 2, 9: “haec accipienda amice,” id. ib. 24, 88; id. Fin. 1, 10; id. Off. 1, 26. —* Comp., Front. ad M. Caes. 1, 6.—Sup., Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9; Caes. B. C. 2, 17.
