"mens" meaning in Latin

See mens in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmens/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈmẽːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈmens/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmɛns] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mens Inherited from Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”). Cognate with Sanskrit मति (matí), αὐτόματος (autómatos), μάντις (mántis), Russian мнить (mnitʹ, “to think”), Old English ġemynd (whence English mind). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*men-|id=think}}, {{etymon|la|inh|itc-pro>*mentis>mind|id=mind|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mens, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*mentis|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Italic *mentis, {{inh+|la|itc-pro|*mentis}} Inherited from Proto-Italic *mentis, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*méntis||thought}} Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”), {{cog|sa|मति|sc=Deva|tr=matí}} Sanskrit मति (matí), {{cog|ru|мнить||to think}} Russian мнить (mnitʹ, “to think”), {{cog|ang|ġemynd}} Old English ġemynd, {{cog|en|mind}} English mind Head templates: {{la-noun|mēns<3.I>|g=f}} mēns f (genitive mentis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mēns<3.I>}} Forms: mēns [canonical, feminine], mentis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mēns [nominative, singular], mentēs [nominative, plural], mentis [genitive, singular], mentium [genitive, plural], mentī [dative, singular], mentibus [dative, plural], mentem [accusative, singular], mentēs [accusative, plural], mentīs [accusative, plural], mente [ablative, singular], mentibus [ablative, plural], mēns [singular, vocative], mentēs [plural, vocative]
  1. mind Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Mind, Thinking
    Sense id: en-mens-la-noun-HEj2MQ8c Disambiguation of Mind: 49 20 8 6 13 5 Disambiguation of Thinking: 34 24 9 7 13 14
  2. intellect, reason Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-mens-la-noun-EmhzMInb
  3. reasoning, judgement Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-mens-la-noun-48iYzVJR Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 2 4 41 24 22 8 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 55 22 14 5
  4. heart, conscience (seat of the thoughts and will) Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Epistemology, Philosophy
    Sense id: en-mens-la-noun-Q8E9QhOy Disambiguation of Epistemology: 13 13 13 32 15 13 Disambiguation of Philosophy: 5 5 17 39 21 14
  5. disposition Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: indolēs, ingenium, habitus, nātūra, character
    Sense id: en-mens-la-noun-ZlwIwEd1 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 10 11 16 18 29 16
  6. thought, plan, purpose, intention Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: voluntās, intentiō, propositum, cōnsilium, fīnis, animus
    Sense id: en-mens-la-noun-aQFX5RnW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alterā mente, āmens, dēmens, mentālis, mentior, sōlā mente Related terms: meminī
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "alterā mente"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "āmens"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dēmens"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mentālis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mentior"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sōlā mente"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "mend"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: mend",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: mend"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "minti",
            "3": "minte"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: minti, minte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: minti, minte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "miente",
            "3": "mente"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: miente, mente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: miente, mente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "ment"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: ment",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: ment"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "menso",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: menso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: menso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "ment"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: ment",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: ment"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "io",
            "2": "mento"
          },
          "expansion": "Ido: mento",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ido: mento"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "mente"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: mente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: mente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "ment"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: ment",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: ment"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mente"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: mente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: mente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "minte"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: minte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: minte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "mente",
            "3": "menti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: mente, menti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: mente, menti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "menti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: menti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: menti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mente"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: mente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: mente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "ménte"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: ménte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: ménte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [],
      "text": ""
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "-mente"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: -mente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: -mente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "-ment"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: -ment",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: -ment"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "-ment"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: -ment",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: -ment"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "-ment"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: -ment",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: -ment (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "-ment"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: -ment",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: -ment"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "-mente"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: -mente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: -mente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "-mente"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: -mente\nGalician: -mente\nPortuguese: -mente",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: -mente\nGalician: -mente\nPortuguese: -mente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "-mente"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: -mente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: -mente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
            "2": "-mente",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Interlingua: -mente",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "and from other Romance forms"
          },
          "expansion": "(and from other Romance forms)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Interlingua: -mente (and from other Romance forms)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*men-",
        "id": "think"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "itc-pro>*mentis>mind",
        "id": "mind",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *men-\nProto-Indo-European *-tis\nProto-Indo-European *méntis\nProto-Italic *mentis\nLatin mens",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*mentis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *mentis",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*mentis"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Italic *mentis",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méntis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "thought"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मति",
        "sc": "Deva",
        "tr": "matí"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मति (matí)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "мнить",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to think"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian мнить (mnitʹ, “to think”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ġemynd"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġemynd",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mind"
      },
      "expansion": "English mind",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *men-\nProto-Indo-European *-tis\nProto-Indo-European *méntis\nProto-Italic *mentis\nLatin mens\nInherited from Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”). Cognate with Sanskrit मति (matí), αὐτόματος (autómatos), μάντις (mántis), Russian мнить (mnitʹ, “to think”), Old English ġemynd (whence English mind).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mēns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mente",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mēns<3.I>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mēns f (genitive mentis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mēns<3.I>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "meminī"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 20 8 6 13 5",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Mind",
          "orig": "la:Mind",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 24 9 7 13 14",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Thinking",
          "orig": "la:Thinking",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.39",
          "text": "“Nec venit in mentem quōrum cōnsēderis arvīs?”\n“Does it not come into [your] mind [the sort of people] whose lands you have settled?”\n(Idiomatic translations vary – Mackail, 1885: “nor does it cross thy mind”; Knight, 1956: “you should remember”; Mandelbaum, 1971: “have you forgotten”; Fitzgerald, 1981: “have you considered”; Fagles, 2006: “don’t you recall”; Ahl, 2007: “aren’t you concerned about”; Bartsch, 2020: “do you forget”.)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mind"
      ],
      "id": "en-mens-la-noun-HEj2MQ8c",
      "links": [
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "intellect, reason"
      ],
      "id": "en-mens-la-noun-EmhzMInb",
      "links": [
        [
          "intellect",
          "intellect"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 4 41 24 22 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology trees",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 55 22 14 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reasoning, judgement"
      ],
      "id": "en-mens-la-noun-48iYzVJR",
      "links": [
        [
          "reasoning",
          "reasoning"
        ],
        [
          "judgement",
          "judgement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 13 32 15 13",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Epistemology",
          "orig": "la:Epistemology",
          "parents": [
            "Philosophy",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 17 39 21 14",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Philosophy",
          "orig": "la:Philosophy",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heart, conscience (seat of the thoughts and will)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mens-la-noun-Q8E9QhOy",
      "links": [
        [
          "heart",
          "heart"
        ],
        [
          "conscience",
          "conscience"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 11 16 18 29 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the dispositions of men toward him",
          "ref": "c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Caligulae",
          "text": "hominum erga se mentes"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "disposition"
      ],
      "id": "en-mens-la-noun-ZlwIwEd1",
      "links": [
        [
          "disposition",
          "disposition"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "indolēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "ingenium"
        },
        {
          "word": "habitus"
        },
        {
          "word": "nātūra"
        },
        {
          "word": "character"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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          "purpose",
          "purpose"
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          "intention",
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          "word": "voluntās"
        },
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        {
          "word": "propositum"
        },
        {
          "word": "cōnsilium"
        },
        {
          "word": "fīnis"
        },
        {
          "word": "animus"
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        "declension-3"
      ]
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmens/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Latin entries with etymology trees",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 14 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "la:Mind",
    "la:Philosophy",
    "la:Thinking"
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      "word": "alterā mente"
    },
    {
      "word": "āmens"
    },
    {
      "word": "dēmens"
    },
    {
      "word": "mentālis"
    },
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      "word": "mentior"
    },
    {
      "word": "sōlā mente"
    }
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: miente, mente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
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            "2": "mente"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "ment"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mente"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: mente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "minte"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: minte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: minte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "mente",
            "3": "menti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: mente, menti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mente"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: mente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: mente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "ménte"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [],
      "text": ""
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "-mente"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: -mente",
          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "-ment"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: -ment",
          "name": "desc"
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "-ment"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "-ment"
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          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
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          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
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      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "-mente"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: -mente",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "-mente"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "-mente"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: -mente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: -mente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
            "2": "-mente",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Interlingua: -mente",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "and from other Romance forms"
          },
          "expansion": "(and from other Romance forms)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Interlingua: -mente (and from other Romance forms)"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*men-",
        "id": "think"
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      "name": "root"
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        "2": "inh",
        "3": "itc-pro>*mentis>mind",
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        "tree": "1"
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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *men-\nProto-Indo-European *-tis\nProto-Indo-European *méntis\nProto-Italic *mentis\nLatin mens",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "glossary"
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*mentis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *mentis",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*mentis"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Italic *mentis",
      "name": "inh+"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méntis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "thought"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मति",
        "sc": "Deva",
        "tr": "matí"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मति (matí)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "мнить",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to think"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian мнить (mnitʹ, “to think”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ġemynd"
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      "expansion": "Old English ġemynd",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mind"
      },
      "expansion": "English mind",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *men-\nProto-Indo-European *-tis\nProto-Indo-European *méntis\nProto-Italic *mentis\nLatin mens\nInherited from Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”). Cognate with Sanskrit मति (matí), αὐτόματος (autómatos), μάντις (mántis), Russian мнить (mnitʹ, “to think”), Old English ġemynd (whence English mind).",
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      "form": "mēns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēns",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentēs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mente",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentēs",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "mēns<3.I>",
        "g": "f"
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      "expansion": "mēns f (genitive mentis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "mēns<3.I>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "meminī"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.39",
          "text": "“Nec venit in mentem quōrum cōnsēderis arvīs?”\n“Does it not come into [your] mind [the sort of people] whose lands you have settled?”\n(Idiomatic translations vary – Mackail, 1885: “nor does it cross thy mind”; Knight, 1956: “you should remember”; Mandelbaum, 1971: “have you forgotten”; Fitzgerald, 1981: “have you considered”; Fagles, 2006: “don’t you recall”; Ahl, 2007: “aren’t you concerned about”; Bartsch, 2020: “do you forget”.)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "intellect, reason"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intellect",
          "intellect"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reasoning, judgement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reasoning",
          "reasoning"
        ],
        [
          "judgement",
          "judgement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heart, conscience (seat of the thoughts and will)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heart",
          "heart"
        ],
        [
          "conscience",
          "conscience"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the dispositions of men toward him",
          "ref": "c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Caligulae",
          "text": "hominum erga se mentes"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "disposition"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disposition",
          "disposition"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "indolēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "ingenium"
        },
        {
          "word": "habitus"
        },
        {
          "word": "nātūra"
        },
        {
          "word": "character"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thought, plan, purpose, intention"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ],
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ],
        [
          "intention",
          "intention"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "voluntās"
        },
        {
          "word": "intentiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "propositum"
        },
        {
          "word": "cōnsilium"
        },
        {
          "word": "fīnis"
        },
        {
          "word": "animus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmens/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmẽːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmens/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mens"
}

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