LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

dēmentia

dēmentia f (genitive dēmentiae)
Classical[deːˈmɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[deˈmɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. madness, insanity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēmentiadēmentiae
genitivedēmentiaedēmentiārum
dativedēmentiaedēmentiīs
accusativedēmentiamdēmentiās
ablativedēmentiādēmentiīs
vocativedēmentiadēmentiae

dēmentĭa, ae,
I. f [demens], the being out of one's mind; insanity, madness; folly (freq. and class.; for syn. cf.: amentia, furor, rabies, vecordia, insania, deliratio, vesania): animi affectionem lumine mentis carentem nominaverunt amentiam eandemque dementiam, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 40; Lucr. 1, 705; Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 22; Nep. Pelop. 3, 2; Caes. B. G. 4, 13; Sall. C. 42, 2; Quint. 7, 3, 2; Tib. 1, 2, 11; Verg. E. 2, 69; id. A. 5, 465; 9, 601; Juv. 10, 233; Hor. Epod. 17, 45; Ov. M. 13, 225 al.—In plur., follies, Cic. Att. 9, 9 fin.

Origins

From dēment- + -ia.

Descendants
  • Catalandemència
  • Englishdementia
  • Frenchdémence
  • GermanDemenz
  • Italiandemenza
  • Portuguesedemência
  • Romaniandemență
  • Spanishdemencia
  • Bulgarianдеме́нция
  • Turkishdemansfrom French démence

In English words that came into English from dēmentia

  • dementiadēmentia
  • demencydēmentia

Quick answers

What does dēmentia mean in Latin?
dēmentia, a noun, means “madness, insanity”.
What is the genitive of dēmentia?
The genitive singular is dēmentiae. dēmentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce dēmentia?
In classical Latin, [deːˈmɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈmɛn.t͡si.a].