mens
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mens
mens
From Dutch mens, from Middle Dutch mensche, from Old Dutch mennisko, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz.
mens (plural mense, diminutive mensie)
mens
mens
From Middle Dutch mensche, from Old Dutch mennisko, a substantivised form of the adjective *mennisk (“human, humanlike”), from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz.
mens m (plural mensen, diminutive mensje n)
mens n (plural mensen, diminutive mensje n)
mens
mens m (plural mensc)
From Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”). Cognate with Sanskrit मति (matí), αὐτόματος (autómatos), μάντις (mántis), Russian мнить (mnitʹ, “to think”), Old English ġemynd (whence English mind).
mēns f (genitive mentis); third declension
Could be combined with an adjective in an ablative absolute expressing one's state of mind or intention, as in Catullus' obstinata mente perfer "endure it with a resolute mind" or Virgil's simulata mente locutam "spoken with false purpose". In some cases the combination simply expresses the manner in which a (mental) action is performed, as in Ovid's male sit tacita mente precare viro "silently pray for misfortune to befall her husband". Eventually this became a generalized adverbial construction, with clear examples documented by at least the eighth century AD (alterā mente "otherwise", sōlā mente "only") whence the Romance adverbial suffixes of the -mente type.
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Nouns:
Adverbial suffixes (see usage notes above):
From Danish mens, from older medens, from Old Norse meðan.
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mens m (definite singular mensen, indefinite plural mens or menser, definite plural mensene)
mens m (definite singular mensen, indefinite plural mensar, definite plural mensane)
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mens
mens
Syncopic form of medans, in turn a colloquial form of medan (“while”).
mens
Clipping of menstruation.
mens c
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
mens
From clipping of English menstruation or menses.
mens (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔) (colloquial)
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