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English
Noun
amens
- plural of amen
Verb
amens
- third-person singular simple present indicative of amen
Anagrams
- namés, names, Seman, manes, neams, ñames, Mensa, mesna, mensa, Means, Manes, manse, means
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
amens
- plural of amè
French
Noun
amens m
- plural of amen
Latin
Etymology
From ā- (prefix denoting absence) + mēns (“mind, reason”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
āmēns (genitive āmentis, comparative āmentior, superlative āmentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- frenzied, mad
- Synonyms: stultus, īnsipiēns, stupidus, brūtus, fatuus, dēmēns
- Antonyms: prūdēns, sapiēns, callidus, sollers
- frantic, distracted
- (Medieval Latin) insane, demented
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Quotations
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Tristia. In: Ovid with an English translation, Tristia • Ex Ponto, by Arthur Leslie Wheeler, 1939, p. 110f.:
- quin etiam sic me dicunt aliena locutum,
ut foret amenti nomen in ore tuum.
- Nay more, they say that when I talked strange things, 'twas so that your name was on my delirious lips.
Derived terms
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References
- “amens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “amens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.