demens
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See also: démens
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dē- + mēns (“mind, reason”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.mens/, [ˈd̪eːmẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.mens/, [ˈd̪ɛːmens]
Adjective
[edit]dēmēns (genitive dēmentis, comparative dēmentior, superlative dēmentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- out of one’s mind or senses: mad, raving, insane, crazy; more generally: foolish, reckless, distracted, infatuated
- Synonyms: stultus, īnsipiēns, stupidus, brūtus, fatuus, āmēns
- Antonyms: prūdēns, sapiēns, callidus, sollers
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.78-79:
- [...] Īliacōsque iterum dēmēns audīre labōrēs / exposcit, [...].
- And the toils of Ilium — again? [It’s a] mad [request, yet Dido wants] to hear [of them, and so] she implores [Aeneas to retell his tale], [...].
(Unusual behavior: Dido asks Aeneas, night after night, to describe the fall of Troy and subsequent adventures that reinforce her heroic ideal of him.)
- And the toils of Ilium — again? [It’s a] mad [request, yet Dido wants] to hear [of them, and so] she implores [Aeneas to retell his tale], [...].
- [...] Īliacōsque iterum dēmēns audīre labōrēs / exposcit, [...].
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | dēmēns | dēmentēs | dēmentia | ||
genitive | dēmentis | dēmentium | |||
dative | dēmentī | dēmentibus | |||
accusative | dēmentem | dēmēns | dēmentēs | dēmentia | |
ablative | dēmentī | dēmentibus | |||
vocative | dēmēns | dēmentēs | dēmentia |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: dement, demented
- French: dément, démente
- Italian: demente
- Portuguese: demente
- Romanian: dement
- Sicilian: dimenti
- Spanish: demente
References
[edit]- “demens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “demens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “demens”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “demens”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]demens m (definite singular demensen, uncountable)
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “demens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]demens m (definite singular demensen, uncountable)
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “demens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]demens c
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | demens | demens |
definite | demensen | demensens | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- demens in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- demens in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- demens in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
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