mensus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect active participle of mētior (“to measure”).
Participle
mēnsus (feminine mēnsa, neuter mēnsum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | mēnsus | mēnsa | mēnsum | mēnsī | mēnsae | mēnsa | |
| genitive | mēnsī | mēnsae | mēnsī | mēnsōrum | mēnsārum | mēnsōrum | |
| dative | mēnsō | mēnsae | mēnsō | mēnsīs | |||
| accusative | mēnsum | mēnsam | mēnsum | mēnsōs | mēnsās | mēnsa | |
| ablative | mēnsō | mēnsā | mēnsō | mēnsīs | |||
| vocative | mēnse | mēnsa | mēnsum | mēnsī | mēnsae | mēnsa | |
Derived terms
Noun
mēnsus m (genitive mēnsūs); fourth declension
- the act of measuring
- 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Fragm. (quoted by Forcellini):
- Longitudines et altitudines mensu certo distinguere
- Distinguish longitudes and latitutes through sure measuring
- Longitudines et altitudines mensu certo distinguere
- a measure
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mēnsus | mēnsūs |
| genitive | mēnsūs | mēnsuum |
| dative | mēnsuī | mēnsibus |
| accusative | mēnsum | mēnsūs |
| ablative | mēnsū | mēnsibus |
| vocative | mēnsus | mēnsūs |
Related terms
References
- “mensus, -a, -um”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mensus, -ūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- mensus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Forcellini, Egidio; Furlanetto, Giuseppe (ed.); Corradini, Francesco (ed.); and Perin, Giuseppe (ed.) (1733-1965). Lexicon Totius Latinitatis. Bologna: Arnaldo Forni. Vol. III. p. 222.