mēns mentis, f 1 MAN-, the mind, disposition, feeling, character, heart, soul: mala, T.: conversae sunt omnium mentes, Cs.: mentis ferox, O.: mollis ad calamitates perferendas, Cs.

—The conscience: adhibere testem, id est mentem suam: diri conscia facti, Iu.

—The intellectual faculties, mind, understanding, intellect, reason, judgment, discernment, consideration, reflection: animos viventīs mente complecti, comprehend: mens sana in corpore sano, Iu.: mentis suae esse, in his right mind: captus mente, beside himself: mente paululum inminutā, S.: mentem amittere, lose one's mind: male tuta, H.: huic ex tempore dicenti effluit mens, his recollection vanished: quae tantā mente fiunt, intelligence: dictis adice mentem, attention, O.

—In the phrase, venire in mentem, to come into mind, be thought of, occur: quotienscumque patria in mentem veniret, L.: numquam ea res tibi tam belle in mentem venire potuisset: ubi venit in mentem eius adventi, bethought himself, T.: ei venit in mentem potestatis: fac tibi legis veniat in mentem: in mentem tibi non venit quid negoti sit?: veniat in mentem, ut defenderimus, etc., L.: quid venit in mentem Callistheni, dicere, etc.?

—Mind, thought, plan, purpose, intention, design: senatus unā voce ac mente restiterat: nostram nunc accipe mentem, V.: classem eā mente comparavit, ut, etc.: mentes deorum scrutari in fibris, O.: hac mente laborem ferre, H.

—Spirit, boldness, courage: tua, quā arcem recepisti, L.: addere mentem, give courage, H.: demittunt mentes, lose courage, V.

—Passion, impulse: dolor quod suaserit et mens, H.: Compesce mentem, H.

—Person., the goddess of thought, L., C., O.