dementia

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dementia.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈmɛnʃə/
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Noun[edit]

dementia (usually uncountable, plural dementias or dementiae)

  1. (pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
    • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
      Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
  2. Madness or insanity.

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dementia.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdement(ː)iɑ/, [ˈde̞me̞n̪(t̪)ˌt̪iɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): de‧men‧ti‧a

Noun[edit]

dementia

  1. dementia

Declension[edit]

Inflection of dementia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative dementia dementiat
genitive dementian dementioiden
dementioitten
partitive dementiaa dementioita
illative dementiaan dementioihin
singular plural
nominative dementia dementiat
accusative nom. dementia dementiat
gen. dementian
genitive dementian dementioiden
dementioitten
dementiainrare
partitive dementiaa dementioita
inessive dementiassa dementioissa
elative dementiasta dementioista
illative dementiaan dementioihin
adessive dementialla dementioilla
ablative dementialta dementioilta
allative dementialle dementioille
essive dementiana dementioina
translative dementiaksi dementioiksi
abessive dementiatta dementioitta
instructive dementioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of dementia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative dementiani dementiani
accusative nom. dementiani dementiani
gen. dementiani
genitive dementiani dementioideni
dementioitteni
dementiainirare
partitive dementiaani dementioitani
inessive dementiassani dementioissani
elative dementiastani dementioistani
illative dementiaani dementioihini
adessive dementiallani dementioillani
ablative dementialtani dementioiltani
allative dementialleni dementioilleni
essive dementianani dementioinani
translative dementiakseni dementioikseni
abessive dementiattani dementioittani
instructive
comitative dementioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative dementiasi dementiasi
accusative nom. dementiasi dementiasi
gen. dementiasi
genitive dementiasi dementioidesi
dementioittesi
dementiaisirare
partitive dementiaasi dementioitasi
inessive dementiassasi dementioissasi
elative dementiastasi dementioistasi
illative dementiaasi dementioihisi
adessive dementiallasi dementioillasi
ablative dementialtasi dementioiltasi
allative dementiallesi dementioillesi
essive dementianasi dementioinasi
translative dementiaksesi dementioiksesi
abessive dementiattasi dementioittasi
instructive
comitative dementioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative dementiamme dementiamme
accusative nom. dementiamme dementiamme
gen. dementiamme
genitive dementiamme dementioidemme
dementioittemme
dementiaimmerare
partitive dementiaamme dementioitamme
inessive dementiassamme dementioissamme
elative dementiastamme dementioistamme
illative dementiaamme dementioihimme
adessive dementiallamme dementioillamme
ablative dementialtamme dementioiltamme
allative dementiallemme dementioillemme
essive dementianamme dementioinamme
translative dementiaksemme dementioiksemme
abessive dementiattamme dementioittamme
instructive
comitative dementioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative dementianne dementianne
accusative nom. dementianne dementianne
gen. dementianne
genitive dementianne dementioidenne
dementioittenne
dementiainnerare
partitive dementiaanne dementioitanne
inessive dementiassanne dementioissanne
elative dementiastanne dementioistanne
illative dementiaanne dementioihinne
adessive dementiallanne dementioillanne
ablative dementialtanne dementioiltanne
allative dementiallenne dementioillenne
essive dementiananne dementioinanne
translative dementiaksenne dementioiksenne
abessive dementiattanne dementioittanne
instructive
comitative dementioinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative dementiansa dementiansa
accusative nom. dementiansa dementiansa
gen. dementiansa
genitive dementiansa dementioidensa
dementioittensa
dementiainsarare
partitive dementiaansa dementioitaan
dementioitansa
inessive dementiassaan
dementiassansa
dementioissaan
dementioissansa
elative dementiastaan
dementiastansa
dementioistaan
dementioistansa
illative dementiaansa dementioihinsa
adessive dementiallaan
dementiallansa
dementioillaan
dementioillansa
ablative dementialtaan
dementialtansa
dementioiltaan
dementioiltansa
allative dementialleen
dementiallensa
dementioilleen
dementioillensa
essive dementianaan
dementianansa
dementioinaan
dementioinansa
translative dementiakseen
dementiaksensa
dementioikseen
dementioiksensa
abessive dementiattaan
dementiattansa
dementioittaan
dementioittansa
instructive
comitative dementioineen
dementioinensa

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dēment- +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dēmentia f (genitive dēmentiae); first declension

  1. madness, insanity

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēmentia dēmentiae
Genitive dēmentiae dēmentiārum
Dative dēmentiae dēmentiīs
Accusative dēmentiam dēmentiās
Ablative dēmentiā dēmentiīs
Vocative dēmentia dēmentiae

Descendants[edit]

Adjective[edit]

dēmentia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of dēmēns

References[edit]

  • dementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dementia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dementia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • dementia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dementia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin