mens
- (declension-3) mind
- (declension-3) intellect, reason
- (declension-3) reasoning, judgement
- (declension-3) heart, conscience (seat of the thoughts and will)
- (declension-3) disposition
- (declension-3) thought, plan, purpose, intention
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Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈmẽːs]
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mens Inherited from Proto-Italic *mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”). Cognate with Sanskrit मति (matí), αὐτόματος (autómatos), μάντις (mántis), Russian мнить (mnitʹ, “to think”), Old English ġemynd (whence English mind), Lithuanian mintis (“thought”).
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