menta, mentae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
mint; any cultivated mint;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | menta | mentae |
| Gen. | mentae | mentarum |
| Dat. | mentae | mentis |
| Acc. | mentam | mentas |
| Voc. | menta | mentae |
| Abl. | menta | mentis |
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ossa manu. Tondeat hic inopes Cynicos et Stoica menta collaque pulverea nudet equina juba. Hic miserum Scythica..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...lactuca sedens et tonsile porrum, Nec deest ructatrix menta nec herba salax; Secta coronabunt rutatos ova lacertos..."- P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ramis insignis olivae sacra ferens? nosco crinis incanaque menta regis Romani primam qui legibus urbem fundabit, Curibus parvis..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...manabunt flumina mammis. nec minus interea barbas incanaque menta Cinyphii tondent hirci saetasque comantis usum in castrorum..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tibi quondam femineos artus in olentes vertere mentas, Persephone, licuit: nobis Cinyreius heros invidiae mutatus erit?" sic fata..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...parem fecit; quae postquam subdita clivum sustulit, aequatam mentae tersere virentes. ponitur hic bicolor sincerae baca Minervae conditaque..."