amentia

== English == === Etymology === From Latin āmentia (“madness; senselessness”), from āmēns (“mad, insane; foolish”), from ab (“from, away from”) + mēns (“mind”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eɪˈmɛnʃə/, /əˈmɛnʃə/ === Noun === amentia (countable and uncountable, plural amentias) Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== dementia ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === animate, aminate, metania, Anamite == Latin == === Etymology === From āmēns (“mad, insane; foolish”) +‎ -ia, from ab- (“from, away from”) + mēns (“mind”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aːˈmɛn.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈmɛn.t͡si.a] === Noun === āmentia f (genitive āmentiae); first declension madness, insanity (the state of being out of one's senses) folly, stupidity, senselessness malice, malignity ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== English: amentia Italian: amenza Russian: аме́нция f (améncija) === References === “amentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “amentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "amentia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “amentia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.