menta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛntə/

Noun

menta

1. plural of mentum

Anagrams

• Manet, ament, ant'em, antem, manet, meant, nemat-

Verb

menta

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of mentir
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of mentir

Noun

menta ? (plural [please provide])

1. (Luserna) Monday

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛntɒ]
• Hyphenation: men‧ta

Noun

menta (plural menták)

1. mint, peppermint, spearmint

Etymology

From Latin mentha, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

menta f (plural mente)

1. mint (plant and herb)
2. peppermint (confection)

Verb

menta

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of mentire
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of mentire
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of mentire
4. third-person singular imperative of mentire

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē), ultimately most likely a loan-word from an extinct Mediterranean/south European language.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.ta/, [ˈmɛn.ta]

Noun

menta f (genitive mentae); first declension

1. mint (plant)

Noun

menta

1. nominative plural of mentum
2. accusative plural of mentum
3. vocative plural of mentum

References

• menta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• menta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• menta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to see with the mind's eye: oculis mentis videre aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to be of sane mind: mentis compotem esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be of sound mind: sanae mentis esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to obscure the mental vision: mentis quasi luminibus officere (vid. sect. XIII. 6) or animo caliginem offundere
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de statu suo or mentis deici (Att. 16. 15)
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose one's head, be beside oneself: sui (mentis) compotem non esse
    
  • (ambiguous) enthusiasm: ardor, inflammatio animi, incitatio mentis, mentis vis incitatior
    

Etymology

From Latin menta, mentha, from Ancient Greek μίντη (míntē).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: men‧ta

Noun

menta f (plural mentas)

1. mint (any plant of the family Lamiaceae)
2. mint (flavouring extracted from the mint plant)

Etymology

From Latin menta, mentha (compare Catalan menta, French menthe, Italian menta), from Ancient Greek μίντη (míntē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmenta/, [ˈmẽn̪t̪a]

Noun

menta f (plural mentas)

1. mint (plant)

Further reading

• “menta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.