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Amantis
Amantis is a genus of praying mantises native to Asia and the islands of the Pacific Ocean
Amantis (disambiguation)
Amantis may refer to:
- Amantis is a Latin word, genitive masculine/feminine/neuter singular of amans, mean loving, being fond of, liking, being under obligation to; being obliged to.
- Confessio Amantis is a 33,000-line Middle English poem by John Gower, which uses the confession made by an ageing lover to the chaplain of Venus as a frame story for a collection of shorter narrative poems.
- Amantis is a genus of praying mantises native to Asia and the islands of the Pacific Ocean
Usage examples of "amantis".
Gower, in the "Confessio Amantis," styles Penthesilea the "Queen of Feminie.
This tale is believed by Tyrwhitt to have been taken, with no material change, from the "Confessio Amantis" of John Gower, who was contemporary with Chaucer, though somewhat his senior.
Tyrwhitt thinks it was taken from the story of Florent, in the first book of Gower's "Confessio Amantis.
Chaucer probably followed the "Romance of the Rose" and Gower's "Confessio Amantis," in both of which the story is found.
Right as betwixten adamantes* two *magnets Of even weight, a piece of iron set, Ne hath no might to move to nor fro.