"mentula" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mentulas [plural], mentulae [plural], mentulæ [plural]
Etymology: From Latin mentula. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|mentula}} Latin mentula Head templates: {{en-noun|s|mentulae|mentulæ}} mentula (plural mentulas or mentulae or mentulæ)
  1. A penis. Categories (topical): Genitalia Synonyms: mentule
    Sense id: en-mentula-en-noun-KFrQ904s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈmen.tu.la/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈmɛn̪t̪ʊɫ̪ä] [Classical-Latin], /ˈmen.tu.la/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmɛn̪t̪ulä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From *mn̥tolā, a possibly Italo-Celtic term considering cognate Irish méadal (“paunch, fat belly”), where "the original meaning of the Irish and Latin words seems to have been 'projecting part of the body'". Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- "to protrude, to project, to stick out", hence emineō (“I project”) and mōns (“mountain”). Others have suggested a connection to mens (“mind”) or menta (“mint stalk”) Etymology templates: {{cog|ga|méadal||paunch, fat belly}} Irish méadal (“paunch, fat belly”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*men-}} Proto-Indo-European *men- Head templates: {{la-noun|mentula<1>}} mentula f (genitive mentulae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mentula<1>}} Forms: mentulae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mentula [nominative, singular], mentulae [nominative, plural], mentulae [genitive, singular], mentulārum [genitive, plural], mentulae [dative, singular], mentulīs [dative, plural], mentulam [accusative, singular], mentulās [accusative, plural], mentulā [ablative, singular], mentulīs [ablative, plural], mentula [singular, vocative], mentulae [plural, vocative]
  1. (vulgar) dick, cock (obscene word for the penis) Wikipedia link: la:mentula Tags: declension-1, feminine, vulgar Categories (topical): Genitalia Synonyms: penis, verētrum, mūtō [vulgar] Derived forms: mentulātus

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Maronis illic esse mentulam scito."
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      "ipa": "/ˈmen.tu.la/",
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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          "text": "Ut ista vestra diffututa mentula"
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        {
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          "text": "Maronis illic esse mentulam scito."
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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    {
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}

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