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Noun [English]

IPA: /eɪˈmɛnʃə/, /əˈmɛnʃə/ Forms: amentias [plural]
Etymology: From Latin āmentia (“madness; senselessness”), from āmēns (“mad, insane; foolish”), from ab (“from, away from”) + mēns (“mind”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|āmentia||madness; senselessness}} Latin āmentia (“madness; senselessness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} amentia (countable and uncountable, plural amentias)
  1. Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: amential Related terms: dementia Translations (the state of being mentally handicapped): вродено слабоумие (vrodeno slaboumie) (Bulgarian), Amentia [feminine] (German), Schwachsinn [dated, masculine] (German), amenza [feminine] (Italian), amencja [feminine] (Polish), amência [feminine] (Portuguese), слабоу́мие (slaboúmije) [neuter] (Russian), аме́нция (améncija) [feminine] (Russian)

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [aːˈmɛn.ti.a] [Classical-Latin], [aˈmɛn.t͡si.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From amēns (“mad, insane; foolish”) + -ia, from ab- (“from, away from”) + mēns (“mind”). Etymology templates: {{af|la|amēns|-ia|t1=mad, insane; foolish}} amēns (“mad, insane; foolish”) + -ia Head templates: {{la-noun|āmentia<1>}} āmentia f (genitive āmentiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|āmentia<1>}} Forms: āmentia [canonical, feminine], āmentiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], āmentia [nominative, singular], āmentiae [nominative, plural], āmentiae [genitive, singular], āmentiārum [genitive, plural], āmentiae [dative, singular], āmentiīs [dative, plural], āmentiam [accusative, singular], āmentiās [accusative, plural], āmentiā [ablative, singular], āmentiīs [ablative, plural], āmentia [singular, vocative], āmentiae [plural, vocative]
  1. madness, insanity (the state of being out of one's senses) Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-amentia-la-noun-XndqRQ~8 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 52 39 9 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 30 34 36
  2. folly, stupidity, senselessness Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-amentia-la-noun-ghPheoLf Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ia Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 30 34 36 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ia: 35 45 19
  3. malice, malignity Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-amentia-la-noun-p~OQ8f10 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 30 34 36

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āmentiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āmentia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "āmentia f (genitive āmentiae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āmentia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Nature has borne you for this madness; desire has trained [you]; fortune has preserved [you].",
          "ref": "63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.25",
          "text": "Ad hanc tē āmentiam nātūra peperit; voluntās exercuit; fortūna servāvit.",
          "translation": "Nature has borne you for this madness; desire has trained [you]; fortune has preserved [you]."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "madness, insanity (the state of being out of one's senses)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "madness",
          "madness"
        ],
        [
          "insanity",
          "insanity"
        ],
        [
          "senses",
          "senses#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "folly, stupidity, senselessness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "folly",
          "folly"
        ],
        [
          "stupidity",
          "stupidity"
        ],
        [
          "senselessness",
          "senselessness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "malice, malignity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "malice",
          "malice"
        ],
        [
          "malignity",
          "malignity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[aːˈmɛn.ti.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈmɛn.t͡si.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amentia"
}

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