English

Alternative forms

• mentule

Noun

mentula ‎(plural mentulas or mentulae or mentulæ)

1. A ****.
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     He, watchman of gardens, keeps evil away with his mentula up, warding off blight and thieves, garlanded with figs and grapes.

Anagrams

• nu metal

Latin

Etymology

Probably a diminutive of mens ‎(“mind”) or menta ‎(“mint stalk”). Other sources see it as coming ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men-, cognate with emineō ‎(“I project”) and mōns ‎(“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.tu.la/, [ˈmɛn.tʊ.ɫa]

Noun

mentula f ‎(genitive mentulae); first declension

1. (vulgar) (anatomy) dick, cock (obscene word for the ****)
   • Catullus, Carmina, 29

     ut ista vestra diffututa mentula

     ducenties comesset aut trecenties?

2. vocative singular of mentula

mentulā

1. ablative singular of mentula

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• ****
• verpa

Related terms

• mentulātus

Descendants

• French: mentule
• Italian: minchia
• Sicilian: minchia

References

• mentula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mentula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mentula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.