"amentia" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [aːˈmɛn.ti.a] [Classical-Latin], [aˈmɛn.t͡si.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From āmēns (“mad, insane; foolish”) + -ia, from ab- (“from, away from”) + mēns (“mind”). Etymology templates: {{af|la|āmēns|-ia|t1=mad, insane; foolish}} āmēns (“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: 51 39 10 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: 16 50 34
  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
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          "english": "Nature has borne you for this madness; desire has trained [you]; fortune has preserved [you].",
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