demens

See also: démens

Latin

Etymology

From dē- + mēns (“mind, reason”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdeː.mẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.mens]

Adjective

dēmēns (genitive dēmentis, comparative dēmentior, superlative dēmentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. out of one’s mind or senses: mad, raving, insane, crazy; more generally: foolish, reckless, distracted, infatuated

   Synonyms: stultus, īnsipiēns, stupidus, brūtus, fatuus, āmēns

   Antonyms: prūdēns, sapiēns, callidus, sollers

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.78-79:

     [...] Īliacōsque iterum dēmēns audīre labōrēs / exposcit, [...].

     And the toils of Ilium — again? [It’s a] mad [request, yet Dido wants] to hear [of them, and so] she implores [Aeneas to retell his tale], [...].
     (Unusual behavior: Dido asks Aeneas, night after night, to describe the fall of Troy and subsequent adventures that reinforce her heroic ideal of him.)

   • Lucas, XII XX:

     At Deus sīc eum interpellāvit: 'O dēmēns, hac nocte reposcetur ā tē anima tua, quæ vērō parastī, cujus erunt?'

     .....: 'O fool,....?'

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dēmēns			dēmentēs	dēmentia
genitive	dēmentis			dēmentium
dative	dēmentī			dēmentibus
accusative	dēmentem	dēmēns		dēmentīs dēmentēs	dēmentia
ablative	dēmentī dēmente			dēmentibus
vocative	dēmēns			dēmentēs	dēmentia

Derived terms

• dēmenter
• dēmentia
• dēmentiō
• dēmentō

Descendants

• Catalan: dement
• Middle French: dément
  • → English: dement, demented
  • French: dément, démente
• Italian: demente
• Portuguese: demente
• Romanian: dement
• Sicilian: dimenti
• Spanish: demente

References

• “demens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “demens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “demens”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “demens”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

demens m (definite singular demensen, uncountable)

1. dementia

Synonyms

• dementia

Related terms

• dement

References

• “demens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

demens m (definite singular demensen, uncountable)

1. dementia

Synonyms

• dementia

Related terms

• dement

References

• “demens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

demens c

1. (pathology) dementia

   demensvård

   dementia care

Declension

Declension of demens

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	demens	demens
	definite	demensen	demensens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• demenssjuk

Related terms

• dement

See also

• alzheimer

References

• “demens”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “demens”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• med ens, medens, smeden