amens

See also: åmens

English

Noun

amens

1. plural of amen

Verb

amens

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of amen

Anagrams

• namés, names, Seman, manes, neams, ñames, Mensa, mesna, mensa, Means, Manes, manse, means

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈmɛns]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈmɛns]
• Rhymes: -ɛns

Adjective

amens

1. plural of amè

French

Noun

amens m

1. plural of amen

Latin

Etymology

From ā- (prefix denoting absence) ‎ mēns (“mind, reason”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.mens/, [ˈäːmẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mens/, [ˈäːmens]

Adjective

āmēns (genitive āmentis, comparative āmentior, superlative āmentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. frenzied, mad

   Synonyms: stultus, īnsipiēns, stupidus, brūtus, fatuus, dēmēns

   Antonyms: prūdēns, sapiēns, callidus, sollers

2. frantic, distracted
3. (Medieval Latin) insane, demented

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	āmēns			āmentēs	āmentia
genitive	āmentis			āmentium
dative	āmentī			āmentibus
accusative	āmentem	āmēns		āmentēs	āmentia
ablative	āmentī			āmentibus
vocative	āmēns			āmentēs	āmentia

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

• āmentia

Descendants

• Italian: amente
• Spanish: amente

See also

• dēmēns

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.