mentula
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin mentula.
Noun [edit]
mentula (plural mentulas or mentulae or mentulæ)
- A penis.
- 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
- He, watchman of gardens, keeps evil away with his mentula up, warding off blight and thieves, garlanded with figs and grapes.
- 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
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Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Probably a diminutive of mens (“mind”) or menta (“mint stalk”). Other sources see it as coming ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men-, cognate with emineō (“I project”) and mōns (“mountain”).
Noun [edit]
mentula (genitive mentulae); f, first declension
mentulā
- ablative singular of mentula
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mentula | mentulae |
| genitive | mentulae | mentulārum |
| dative | mentulae | mentulīs |
| accusative | mentulam | mentulās |
| ablative | mentulā | mentulīs |
| vocative | mentula | mentulae |
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References [edit]
- mentula in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879