"mensor" meaning in Latin

See mensor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈmẽː.sɔr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmɛn.sor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Italic *mētis Latin mētior Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mēnsor From mētior (“to measure”) + -tor (agentive suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|mētior<t:to measure>|-tor<pos:agentive suffix>|text=+|title=mēnsor|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Italic *mētis Latin mētior Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mēnsor [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*mētis", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mētior", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "agentive suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mēnsor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="mēnsor"> From mētior (“to measure”) + -tor (agentive suffix). Head templates: {{la-noun|mēnsor<3>}} mēnsor m (genitive mēnsōris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mēnsor<3>}} Forms: mēnsor [canonical, masculine], mēnsōris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mēnsor [nominative, singular], mēnsōrēs [nominative, plural], mēnsōris [genitive, singular], mēnsōrum [genitive, plural], mēnsōrī [dative, singular], mēnsōribus [dative, plural], mēnsōrem [accusative, singular], mēnsōrēs [accusative, plural], mēnsōre [ablative, singular], mēnsōribus [ablative, plural], mēnsor [singular, vocative], mēnsōrēs [plural, vocative], mēsor [alternative], messor [alternative]
  1. measurer Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: mētītor
    Sense id: en-mensor-la-noun-md8N5F3T Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -tor, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 76 24 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 76 24 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 89 11
  2. architect; engineer Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-mensor-la-noun-ZCdh0rJW Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: agrimēnsor, dīmēnsor, mēnsor agrārius, mēnsor agrōrum, mēnsor frūmentārius, mēnsor frūmentī, mēnsōrium, mēnsōrius 
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}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.