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Meaning of mēns | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈmẽːs]

Definitions

  1. mind
    declension-3
  2. intellect, reason
    declension-3
  3. reasoning, judgement
    declension-3
  4. heart, conscience (seat of the thoughts and will)
    declension-3
  5. disposition
    declension-3
  6. thought, plan, purpose, intention
    declension-3

Examples

““Nec venit in mentem quōrum cōnsēderis arvīs?” “Does it not come into [your] mind [the sort of people] whose lands you have settled?” (Idiomatic translations vary – Mackail, 1885: “nor does it cross thy mind”; Knight, 1956: “you should remember”; Mandelbaum, 1971: “have you forgotten”; Fitzgerald, 1981: “have you considered”; Fagles, 2006: “don’t you recall”; Ahl, 2007: “aren’t you concerned about”; Bartsch, 2020: “do you forget”.)”
“hominum erga se mentes”

the dispositions of men toward him

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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