intermestris

Latin

Etymology

By surface analysis, inter +‎ mensis +‎ -tris. According to de Vaan, Latin adjectives ending in -mē(n)stris point to a Proto-Italic root *mēns-tri- since *-sr- would evolve into *-br-.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈmeːs.trɪs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in̪.t̪erˈmɛs.t̪ris]

Adjective

intermēstris (neuter intermēstre); third-declension two-termination adjective

between two months
- 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 6.10:
  A mensibus intermestris dictum, quod putabant inter prioris mensis senescentis extremum diem et novam lunam esse diem, quem diligentius Attici ἕνην (hénēn) καὶ (kaì) νέαν (néan) appellarunt, ab eo quod eo die potest videri extrema et prima luna.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1. (by extension) new moon

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	intermēstris	intermēstre	intermēstrēs	intermēstria
genitive	intermēstris		intermēstrium
dative	intermēstrī		intermēstribus
accusative	intermēstrem	intermēstre	intermēstrēs intermēstrīs	intermēstria
ablative	intermēstrī		intermēstribus
vocative	intermēstris	intermēstre	intermēstrēs	intermēstria

Related terms

bimēstris
quadrimestris
quīnquemēstris
sēmēnstris
septemmēstris
trimēstris

References

“intermestris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
intermestris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373