different between amens vs ament

English

Noun

amens

1. plural of amen

Verb

amens

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amen

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??m?ns/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a?m?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Adjective

amens

1. plural of amè

French

Noun

amens m

1. plural of amen

Latin

Etymology

Derived from ?- (“out of, away”) +? m?ns (“mind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a?.mens/, [?ä?m??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.mens/, [???m?ns]

Adjective

?m?ns (genitive ?mentis, comparative ?mentior, superlative ?mentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

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

See also

• d?m?ns

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Descendants

• Italian: amente
• Spanish: amente

Citations

• 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.

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

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?e?.m?nt/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ament (plural aments)

1. A catkin or amentum.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “a- + mental or similar?”)

Noun

ament (plural aments)

1. A congenital idiot.

Anagrams

• Manet, Nemat, ant'em, antem, manet, meant, menat, menta, nemat-

Dutch

Verb

ament

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of amenen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of amenen

Anagrams

• maten

Latin

Verb

ament

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of am?

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian amento, Latin amentum.

Noun

ament m (plural amen?i)

1. (botany) catkin (a type of inflorescence)

Declension

Synonyms

• mâ?, mâ?i?or