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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mentum</b>: dicebant, [[quod]] nos [[commentum]], Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.<br /><b>mentum</b>: i, n. [[root]] men-, min-, to [[project]]; cf.: [[minae]], minari, etc.,<br /><b>I</b> the [[chin]] of persons and animals; also, the [[chin]] [[with]] the [[hair]] [[that]] grows on it, the [[beard]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: Herculis [[mentum]] [[paulo]] attritius, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94: attingere, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 251: incana, Verg. A. 6, 809: caprarum, Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 204.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in archit., the projecting [[part]] of a cornice, [[which]] casts [[off]] the [[rain]], the coping, Vitr. 4, 3, 6.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>[[mentum]],¹¹ ī, n., menton [de l’h. et d’animaux] : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 94 ; Plin. 11, 251 ; Virg. En. 6, 809 &#124;&#124; [[triste]] [[mentum]] Mart. 11, 98, 5 = [[mentagra]] &#124;&#124; partie en saillie d’une corniche : Vitr. Arch. 4, 3, 6.<br />(2) <b>[[mentum]], ī, n. ([[meniscor]]), = [[commentum]] : P. Fest. 124.|
|[[triste]] [[mentum]] Mart. 11, 98, 5=[[mentagra]]|
|partie en saillie d’une corniche : Vitr. Arch. 4, 3, 6.<br />(2) <b>[[mentum]], ī, n. ([[meniscor]]),=[[commentum]] : P. Fest. 124.
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{{Georges
|georg=mentum, ī, n. (zu [[Wurzel]] *men, [[hervorragen]], vgl. e-[[mineo]], [[pro]]-[[mineo]]), das [[Kinn]], [[bei]] Menschen u. Tieren, Cic. u.a.: [[mentum]] caprarum, Plin.: tragelaphi habent [[menta]] promissis hirta barbis, Solin. – u. das [[Kinn]] [[mit]] dem Barte, der Kinnbart, [[mento]] [[levatus]], Petron.: crines et incana [[menta]] [[regis]] [[Romani]], Verg. – übtr., in der Baukunst, [[mentum]] coronae, das [[Kinn]] [[des]] Kranzleistens, d.i. der hervorragende [[Teil]] [[des]] Kranzes od. Hauptgesimses, wo der [[Regen]] abläuft, Vitr. 4, 3, 6.
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