mentalis
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See also: mentális
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from New Latin mentālis, ellipsis of musculus mentālis (“the chin muscle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɛnˈteɪ.lɪs/
- Rhymes: -eɪlɪs
Noun[edit]
mentalis (plural mentales)
- (anatomy) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin; it originates in the incisive fossa of the mandible, inserts in the skin of the chin, and raises the chin and pushes up the lower lip.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
muscle
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References[edit]
- “mentalis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /menˈtaː.lis/, [mɛn̪ˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /menˈta.lis/, [men̪ˈt̪äːlis]
Etymology 1[edit]
From mēns (“the mind, heart”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
mentālis (neuter mentāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (Late Latin) mental (of the mind)
Inflection[edit]
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | mentālis | mentāle | mentālēs | mentālia | |
Genitive | mentālis | mentālium | |||
Dative | mentālī | mentālibus | |||
Accusative | mentālem | mentāle | mentālēs mentālīs |
mentālia | |
Ablative | mentālī | mentālibus | |||
Vocative | mentālis | mentāle | mentālēs | mentālia |
Descendants[edit]
Descendants of mentalis in other languages
Etymology 2[edit]
From mentum (“the chin”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
mentālis (neuter mentāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (New Latin)
Inflection[edit]
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | mentālis | mentāle | mentālēs | mentālia | |
Genitive | mentālis | mentālium | |||
Dative | mentālī | mentālibus | |||
Accusative | mentālem | mentāle | mentālēs mentālīs |
mentālia | |
Ablative | mentālī | mentālibus | |||
Vocative | mentālis | mentāle | mentālēs | mentālia |
Descendants[edit]
- → English: mentalis
References[edit]
- “mentalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mentalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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