"The special (male) friend," "special(male) friend" or "a special (male) friend" may be English equivalents of "amicus dilectus."
Latin has no definite ("the") or indefinite ("some") articles. The masculine singular noun "amicus" means "friend." The masculine singular adjective "dilectus" means "special."
The pronunciation in the liturgical Latin of the Church and the classical Latin of the ancient Romans is the same: "ah-MEE-koos dee-LEHK-toos."
"My special (male) friend" is an English equivalent of "meus amicus dilectus."There are two main approaches towards pronouncing Latin. The word or phrase may be spelled the same but pronounced quite differently in the liturgical Latin of the Church and the classical Latin of the Romans. But here is a case in which the pronunciation is the same: "MEH-oo-sah-MEE-koos dee-LEHK-toos."
"Amicus dilectus" in the masculine and "Amica dilecta" in the feminine may be Latin equivalents of "the special friend."The masculine singular noun "amicus" and the feminine "amica" mean "friend." The masculine singular adjective "dilectus" and the feminine "dilecta" mean "special."The respective pronunciations are the same in the liturgical Latin of the Church and the classical Latin of the ancient Romans: "ah-MEE-koos dee-LEHK-tah" and "ah-MEE-kah dee-LEHK-tah."
Dilectus.
Nothing - the word φίλος (philos) is classical Greek for beloved, dear or friendly; as a noun it means a friend or confidant.The Latin equivalent is dilectus or carus(adjective) or amicus (noun).
Amicus.
There are many possibilities when translating the English word "friend" into Latin. A few possibilities are amicus, comes, intimus, necessarius.
Amicus.
LATIN
Amicus
Amici is the plural noun form of the word amicus. An amicus is a Latin term that means friend of the court. It is a non-biased adviser to a court in a specific case.
Amicus.
"Amicus vos."