amavi

[4908] Quam ego postquam vidi, non ita amavi ut sani solent

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

For generations of adults, the simple word-series "amo, amare, amavi, amatus" used to act as a kind of madeleine, calling to mind long classroom hours spent conjugating Latin verbs (including this one, meaning "love"), then exploring Gaul in its three parts and eventually trying to puzzle out the syntax of the rugged lines that followed "Arma virumque cano," the opening phrase of Virgil's "The Aeneid."

The Ne Plus Ultra of Languages Michael Poliakoff 2007

He repeats his amo, amas, amavi, in the same singing tone as our common school-boys.

Travels in England in 1782 2004

Gratiae tuae deputo et misericordia tuae quod peccata mea tanquam glaciem solvisti, gratiae tuae deputo et quaecunque non feci mala; quid enim non facere potui qui etiam gratuitum facinus amavi?

Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

Gratiae tuae deputo et misericordia tuae quod peccata mea tanquam glaciem solvisti, gratiae tuae deputo et quaecunque non feci mala; quid enim non facere potui qui etiam gratuitum facinus amavi?

Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

Quem vidi quem amavi, in quem credidi quem dilexi.

The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book Various

Quem vidi quem amavi, in quem credidi quem dilexi.

The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book Various

Quem vidi quem amavi, in quem credidi quem dilexi.

The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book Various

By the rule of grammar and the course of conjugation, doesn’t amavi come after amo and amas?

Jonathan Swift 1909

The pupil and teacher are reading together, and drinking tea together, and going to prayers together, and learning Latin together, and conjugating amo, amas, amavi together.

Jonathan Swift 1909