"mensus" meaning in Latin

See mensus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Perfect active participle of mētior (“to measure”). Head templates: {{la-noun|mēnsus<4>}} mēnsus m (genitive mēnsūs); fourth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mēnsus<4>}} Forms: mēnsus [canonical, masculine], mēnsūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mēnsus [nominative, singular], mēnsūs [nominative, plural], mēnsūs [genitive, singular], mēnsuum [genitive, plural], mēnsuī [dative, singular], mēnsibus [dative, plural], mēnsum [accusative, singular], mēnsūs [accusative, plural], mēnsū [ablative, singular], mēnsibus [ablative, plural], mēnsus [singular, vocative], mēnsūs [plural, vocative]
  1. the act of measuring Tags: declension-4
    Sense id: en-mensus-la-noun-SE~Uy83s Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 25 30
  2. a measure Tags: declension-4
    Sense id: en-mensus-la-noun-x0VADYXi Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 25 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dimēnsio, mēnsio, mēnsis, mēnsura, mēnsuratio

Verb

Etymology: Perfect active participle of mētior (“to measure”). Head templates: {{la-part|mēnsus}} mēnsus (feminine mēnsa, neuter mēnsum); first/second-declension participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|mēnsus}} Forms: mēnsus [canonical], mēnsa [feminine], mēnsum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], mēnsus [masculine, nominative, singular], mēnsa [feminine, nominative, singular], mēnsum [neuter, nominative, singular], mēnsī [masculine, nominative, plural], mēnsae [feminine, nominative, plural], mēnsa [neuter, nominative, plural], mēnsī [genitive, masculine, singular], mēnsae [feminine, genitive, singular], mēnsī [genitive, neuter, singular], mēnsōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], mēnsārum [feminine, genitive, plural], mēnsōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], mēnsō [dative, masculine, singular], mēnsae [dative, feminine, singular], mēnsō [dative, neuter, singular], mēnsīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], mēnsum [accusative, masculine, singular], mēnsam [accusative, feminine, singular], mēnsum [accusative, neuter, singular], mēnsōs [accusative, masculine, plural], mēnsās [accusative, feminine, plural], mēnsa [accusative, neuter, plural], mēnsō [ablative, masculine, singular], mēnsā [ablative, feminine, singular], mēnsō [ablative, neuter, singular], mēnsīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], mēnse [masculine, singular, vocative], mēnsa [feminine, singular, vocative], mēnsum [neuter, singular, vocative], mēnsī [masculine, plural, vocative], mēnsae [feminine, plural, vocative], mēnsa [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. measured, estimated Tags: active, declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, perfect Form of: mētior (extra: to measure)
    Sense id: en-mensus-la-verb-1-C7wjFV Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 25 30
  2. distributed Tags: active, declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, perfect Form of: mētior (extra: to measure)
    Sense id: en-mensus-la-verb-N65ZHrzm Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 13 11 16 59 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 22 11 29 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 25 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 23 25 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mēnsa, mēnsūra
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      "form": "mēnsās",
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      "form": "mēnsae",
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  "word": "mensus"
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          "english": "Distinguish longitudes and latitutes through sure measuring",
          "ref": "116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Fragm. (quoted by Forcellini)",
          "text": "Longitudines et altitudines mensu certo distinguere"
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    {
      "form": "mēnsōrum",
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      "form": "mēnsīs",
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    {
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "mēnsam",
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    {
      "form": "mēnsum",
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        "neuter",
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    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsōs",
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    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsa",
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    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsā",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "mēnsō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mēnsus"
      },
      "expansion": "mēnsus (feminine mēnsa, neuter mēnsum); first/second-declension participle",
      "name": "la-part"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mēnsus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to measure",
          "word": "mētior"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "measured, estimated"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "measured",
          "measured"
        ],
        [
          "estimated",
          "estimated"
        ]
      ],
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        "active",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to measure",
          "word": "mētior"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "distributed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distributed",
          "distributed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "perfect"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mensus"
}

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    "Latin first and second declension participles",
    "Latin fourth declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin participles",
    "Latin perfect participles",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perfect active participle of mētior (“to measure”).",
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      "form": "mēnsus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsūs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsus",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mēnsūs",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsūs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsuum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsuī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mēnsūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "mēnsus<4>"
      },
      "expansion": "mēnsus m (genitive mēnsūs); fourth declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mēnsus<4>"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dimēnsio"
    },
    {
      "word": "mēnsio"
    },
    {
      "word": "mēnsis"
    },
    {
      "word": "mēnsura"
    },
    {
      "word": "mēnsuratio"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Distinguish longitudes and latitutes through sure measuring",
          "ref": "116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Fragm. (quoted by Forcellini)",
          "text": "Longitudines et altitudines mensu certo distinguere"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the act of measuring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "measuring",
          "measuring"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a measure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mensus"
}

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