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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-. De Vaan suggests that Proto-Indo-European nominative singular *meh₁-n-ōt is possible.
Noun
*mēns m
- month
- moon
Declension
Declension of *mēns (consonant stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*mēns
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*mēnses
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| vocative
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*mēns
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*mēnses
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| accusative
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*mēnsem
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*mēnsens
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| genitive
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*mēnses, mēnsos
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*mēnsom
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| dative
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*mēnsei
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*mēnsβos
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| ablative
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*mēnsi? mēnse?
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*mēnsβos
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| locative
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*mēnsi? mēnse?
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*mēnsβos
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Derived terms
- *anter-mens-o/ā
- *mēns-en-
Descendants
Reconstruction notes
Latin adjectives with -mē(n)stris, such as intermestris, quadrimestris, bimēstris, sēmēnstris, and trimēstris, suggest a Proto-Italic root *mēns-tri-, since *-sr- would evolve into *-br-.
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mēnsis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
