"mentum" meaning in Latin

See mentum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmen.tum/ [Classical], [ˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical], /ˈmen.tum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmɛn̪t̪um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *mentom, from Proto-Indo-European *men-to-, from *men- (“to project”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *munþaz. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*men- (stand out)}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*mentom}} Proto-Italic *mentom, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*men-to-}} Proto-Indo-European *men-to-, {{m|ine-pro|*men-||to project}} *men- (“to project”), {{cog|gem-pro|*munþaz}} Proto-Germanic *munþaz Head templates: {{la-noun|mentum<2>}} mentum n (genitive mentī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mentum<2>}} Forms: mentī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mentum [nominative, singular], menta [nominative, plural], mentī [genitive, singular], mentōrum [genitive, plural], mentō [dative, singular], mentīs [dative, plural], mentum [accusative, singular], menta [accusative, plural], mentō [ablative, singular], mentīs [ablative, plural], mentum [singular, vocative], menta [plural, vocative]
  1. (literally) the chin; the chin with the hair that grows on it; the beard Tags: declension-2, literally, neuter Categories (topical): Face
    Sense id: en-mentum-la-noun-VTa4G2bf Disambiguation of Face: 76 24 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin entries with language name categories using raw markup, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Latin entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 54 46
  2. (transferred sense, architecture) the projecting part of a cornice casting off the rain, the coping Tags: declension-2, neuter Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-mentum-la-noun-A-a7Sx1x Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin entries with language name categories using raw markup, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Latin entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 54 46 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mentāgra, mentālis [adjective], mentīgō, mentō, Mentō

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mentum meaning in Latin (7.3kB)

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      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
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          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 6.809",
          "text": "nosco crinis incanaque menta regis Romani primam qui legibus urbem fundabit, Curibus paruis et paupere terra missus in imperium magnum."
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          "ref": "c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 4.3.6",
          "text": "Reliqua spatia, quod latiores sint metopae quam triglyphi, pura relinquantur aut numina scalpantur, ad ipsumque mentum coronae incidatur linea quae scotia dicitur."
        }
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      "ipa": "[ˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
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      "ipa": "/ˈmen.tum/",
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      "ipa": "[ˈmɛn̪t̪um]",
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    }
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    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (stand out)",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: mento (learned)"
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        "nominative",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentīs",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentum",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentīs",
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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentum",
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    {
      "form": "menta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mentum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "mentum n (genitive mentī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mentum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Latin quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 6.809",
          "text": "nosco crinis incanaque menta regis Romani primam qui legibus urbem fundabit, Curibus paruis et paupere terra missus in imperium magnum."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the chin; the chin with the hair that grows on it; the beard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chin",
          "chin"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "beard",
          "beard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) the chin; the chin with the hair that grows on it; the beard"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "literally",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "Requests for translations of Latin quotations",
        "la:Architecture"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 4.3.6",
          "text": "Reliqua spatia, quod latiores sint metopae quam triglyphi, pura relinquantur aut numina scalpantur, ad ipsumque mentum coronae incidatur linea quae scotia dicitur."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the projecting part of a cornice casting off the rain, the coping"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "cornice",
          "cornice"
        ],
        [
          "casting off",
          "cast off"
        ],
        [
          "rain",
          "rain"
        ],
        [
          "coping",
          "coping"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense, architecture) the projecting part of a cornice casting off the rain, the coping"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmen.tum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmen.tum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛn̪t̪um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mentum"
}

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