different between amens vs avens

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

Etymology

From Middle English avence, from Anglo-Norman avance, Old French avence, from Medieval Latin avencia (“a kind of clover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æv?nz/

Noun

avens (plural avens)

1. A plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
2. A plant of the genus Dryas.

Synonyms

• cloveroot

Translations

References

• avens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Evans, Naves, Sevan, Venas, naves, vanes

French

Noun

avens

1. plural of aven

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *awents, present participle of ave?

Participle

av?ns (genitive aventis, adverb aventer); third-declension one-termination participle

1. craving

Declension

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• avens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press