mentula

English

Alternative forms

• mentule

Etymology

From Latin mentula.

Noun

mentula (plural mentulas or mentulae or mentulæ)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• nu metal

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Latin

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Etymology

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

mentula (genitive mentulae); f, first declension

1. (vulgar) dick, cock (obscene word for the penis)
   • Catullus, Carmina, 29

     ut ista vestra diffututa mentula

     ducenties comesset aut trecenties?

2. vocative singular of mentula

mentulā

1. ablative singular of mentula

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mentula	mentulae
genitive	mentulae	mentulārum
dative	mentulae	mentulīs
accusative	mentulam	mentulās
ablative	mentulā	mentulīs
vocative	mentula	mentulae

Synonyms

• penis
• verpa

Related terms

• mentulatus

References

• mentula in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879