demens
See also: démens
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + mēns (“mind, reason”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdeː.mẽːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪ɛː.mens]
Adjective
dēmēns (genitive dēmentis, comparative dēmentior, superlative dēmentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- out of one’s mind or senses: mad, raving, insane, crazy; more generally: foolish, reckless, distracted, infatuated
- Synonyms: stultus, īnsipiēns, stupidus, brūtus, fatuus, āmēns
- Antonyms: prūdēns, sapiēns, callidus, sollers
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.78-79:
- [...] Īliacōsque iterum dēmēns audīre labōrēs / exposcit, [...].
- And the toils of Ilium — again? [It’s a] mad [request, yet Dido wants] to hear [of them, and so] she implores [Aeneas to retell his tale], [...].
(Unusual behavior: Dido asks Aeneas, night after night, to describe the fall of Troy and subsequent adventures that reinforce her heroic ideal of him.)
- And the toils of Ilium — again? [It’s a] mad [request, yet Dido wants] to hear [of them, and so] she implores [Aeneas to retell his tale], [...].
- [...] Īliacōsque iterum dēmēns audīre labōrēs / exposcit, [...].
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | dēmēns | dēmentēs | dēmentia | ||
| genitive | dēmentis | dēmentium | |||
| dative | dēmentī | dēmentibus | |||
| accusative | dēmentem | dēmēns | dēmentēs | dēmentia | |
| ablative | dēmentī | dēmentibus | |||
| vocative | dēmēns | dēmentēs | dēmentia | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “demens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “demens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “demens”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “demens”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
demens m (definite singular demensen, uncountable)
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- “demens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
demens m (definite singular demensen, uncountable)
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- “demens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
demens c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | demens | demens |
| definite | demensen | demensens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |