mentagra

English

Etymology

From Latin mentum (“chin”) + Ancient Greek ἄγρα (ágra, “a catching”).

Noun

mentagra (uncountable)

(medicine, archaic) sycosis

References

“mentagra”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

magnetar, mantegar

Latin

Noun

mentāgra f (genitive mentāgrae); first declension

An eruption on the chin

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mentāgra	mentāgrae
Genitive	mentāgrae	mentāgrārum
Dative	mentāgrae	mentāgrīs
Accusative	mentāgram	mentāgrās
Ablative	mentāgrā	mentāgrīs
Vocative	mentāgra	mentāgrae

References

“mentagra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
mentagra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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