mentalis

See also: mentális

English

Noun

mentalis

1. (anatomy) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin.

Translations

muscle

• Japanese: 頤筋 (おとがいきん, otogaikin)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• Simental, ailments, aliments, manliest, salt mine, saltmine, smaltine, talismen

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Latin

Etymology

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From mēns, mentis +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /menˈtaː.lis/, [mɛn̪ˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /menˈta.lis/, [men̪ˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

mentālis (neuter mentāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. mental

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	mentālis	mentāle		mentālēs	mentālia
Genitive	mentālis			mentālium
Dative	mentālī			mentālibus
Accusative	mentālem	mentāle		mentālēs mentālīs	mentālia
Ablative	mentālī			mentālibus
Vocative	mentālis	mentāle		mentālēs	mentālia

Related terms

• mēns

Descendants

• Asturian: mental
• Catalan: mental
• English: mental, mentalis
• French: mental
• Galician: mental
• German: mental

• Italian: mentale
• Portuguese: mental
• Romanian: mental, mintal
• Spanish: mental
• Swedish: mental

References

• “mentalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mentalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)