compos mentis

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com·pos men·tis

(kŏm′pəs mĕn′tĭs)

adj.

Of sound mind; sane.

[Latin : compos, having mastery of + mentis, genitive of mēns, mind.]

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compos mentis

(ˈkɒmpəs ˈmɛntɪs)

adj

(Law) (postpositive) of sound mind; sane

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com•pos men•tis

(ˈkoʊm pəs ˈmɛn tɪs)
adj.

sane; mentally sound.

[< Latin: literally, being in full possession of one's mind]

compos mentis

A Latin phrase meaning of sound mind.

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Adj.

compos mentis - of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to go to trial

of sound mind

sane - mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane"

compos mentis

adjective

Mentally healthy:

lucid, rational, sane.

Idioms: all there, in one's right mind, of sound mind .

Translations

compos mentis

[ˈkɒmpɒsˈmentɪs] ADJ to be compos mentis → estar en su sano or entero juicio (Jur) → estar en pleno uso de sus facultades mentales
he normally takes a good hour to become compos mentis → generalmente no es persona or no se espabila hasta que no pasa más de una hora

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

compos mentis

adj I’m never really compos mentis first thing in the morning → frühmorgens ist mein Verstand noch nicht so klar or bin ich noch nicht voll da (inf); he’s quite compos mentis → er ist voll zurechnungsfähig; he’s not quite compos mentis → er ist nicht voll zurechnungsfähig, er ist nicht ganz bei Trost (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

compos mentis

[ˈkɒmpɒsˈmɛntɪs] adj → sano/a di mente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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