different between amentum vs mentum

English

Etymology

From Latin amentum (“thong”).

Noun

amentum (plural amenta)

1. catkin

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h?ep- (“to join, fit”). Cognate with Latin ap? (“I fasten”) and Ancient Greek ???? (hápt?, “I fasten”).

Noun

?mentum n (genitive ?ment?); second declension

1. A strap or thong, especially on a missile weapon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• ?ment?

Descendants

• Catalan: ament
• ? English: amentum
• Italian: amento
• Portuguese: amento
• Spanish: amento

References

• amentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mentum (“the chin”). Doublet of menton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n.t?m/
• Rhymes: -?nt?m

Noun

mentum (plural menta)

1. (anatomy) The chin.
2. (malacology) A chin-like projection below the mouth of certain mollusks.
3. (entomology) The central part of the labium in insects.
4. (botany) A projection in front of the flower in some orchids.

Derived terms

• mento-
• submentum

References

• “mentum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “mentum”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• nummet

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *mentom, from Proto-Indo-European *men-to-, from *men- (“to project”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *munþaz.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?men.tum/, [?m?n?t????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?men.tum/, [?m?n?t?um]

Noun

mentum n (genitive ment?); second declension

1. (literally, anatomy) (of persons and animals) The chin; the chin with the hair that grows on it; the beard.
2. (transferred sense, architecture) The projecting part of a cornice which casts off the rain, the coping.

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• ment?lis (adjective)
• ment?g?

Descendants

• ? English: mentum
• Italian: mento
• Portuguese: mento
• Vulgar Latin: *ment?, *ment?nem
  • Old French: menton, mentun
    • French: menton
    • ? Spanish: mentón
  • Old Occitan:
    • Catalan: mentó
    • Occitan: menton

References

• mentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.