mensus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmeː.ti.ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛt.t͡si.or]

Etymology 1

Perfect active participle of mētior (“to measure”).

Participle

mēnsus (feminine mēnsa, neuter mēnsum); first/second-declension participle

1. having measured, estimated
2. having distributed

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

• mēnsa

Etymology 2

From metior +‎ -tus (forming action nouns).

Noun

mēnsus m (genitive mēnsūs); fourth declension

1. 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

2. 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

• dimēnsiō
• mēnsiō
• mēnsis
• mēnsūra
• mēnsurātiō

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, 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.