Possible Clues:

• I love, to Nero
• ___, amas, amat …
• I love: Latin
• "I love, " to Ovid
• Ovid's ''I love''
• 'Ti ___' (Pavarotti album)
• "I love," to Lucius
• --, amas, amat
• 'Hang on ___!'
• Start of a Latin 101 trio