mentalis

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin mentālis, ellipsis of musculus mentālis (the chin muscle).

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Noun

mentalis (plural mentales)

  1. (anatomy) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin; it originates in the incisive fossa of the mandible, inserts in the skin of the chin, and raises the chin and pushes up the lower lip.

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From mēns (the mind, heart) +‎ -ālis (-al, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

mentālis (neuter mentāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (Late Latin) mental (of the mind)
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Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative mentālis mentāle mentālēs mentālia
genitive mentālis mentālium
dative mentālī mentālibus
accusative mentālem mentāle mentālēs
mentālīs
mentālia
ablative mentālī mentālibus
vocative mentālis mentāle mentālēs mentālia
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Etymology 2

From mentum (the chin) +‎ -ālis (-al, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

mentālis (neuter mentāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) mental (of the chin)
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Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

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