demento
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈmen.toː/, [d̪eːˈmɛn̪t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈmen.to/, [d̪eˈmɛn̪t̪o]
Verb
editdēmentō (present infinitive dēmentāre, perfect active dēmentāvī, supine dēmentātum); first conjugation
- to make mad or crazy, drive crazy
- to bewitch
- to delude
Conjugation
editDescendants
edit- Dalmatian: dementicur
- English: dement
- Friulian: dismenteâ
- Gallurese Sardinian: sminticà
- Istriot: desmaèntegà
- Italian: dimenticare
- Occitan: dementar
- Logudorese Sardinian: irmenticare,
- Sardinian: ismenticare, ismentigare, ilmentigare
- Sassarese Sardinian: dimintigà
- Spanish: dementar
- Venetan: desmentegar
References
edit- “demento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- demento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- demento in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Spanish
editVerb
editdemento