English

Noun

amentia ‎(uncountable)

1. Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped.

Translations

Anagrams

• aminate
• animate

Latin

Etymology

From amēns ‎(“mad, insane; foolish”), from ab- ‎(“from, away from”) + mēns ‎(“mind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aːˈmen.ti.a/, [aːˈmɛn.ti.a]

Noun

āmentia f ‎(genitive āmentiae); first declension

1. The state of being out of one's senses; madness, insanity.
2. Folly, stupidity, senselessness.
3. Malice, malignity.

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• English: amentia
• Italian: amenza
• Russian: аме́нция f ‎(améncija)

References

• amentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amentia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• AMENTIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amentia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.