See mensus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "mēnsus",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "mēnsūs",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "mēnsus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mēnsūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mēnsūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"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"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mēnsus<4>"
},
"expansion": "mēnsus m (genitive mēnsūs); fourth declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mēnsus<4>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "dimēnsiō"
},
{
"word": "mēnsiō"
},
{
"word": "mēnsis"
},
{
"word": "mēnsūra"
},
{
"word": "mēnsurātiō"
}
],
"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",
"translation": "Distinguish longitudes and latitutes through sure measuring",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the act of measuring"
],
"links": [
[
"measuring",
"measuring"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a measure"
],
"links": [
[
"measure",
"measure"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈmeː.ti.ɔr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛt.t͡si.or]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "mensus"
}
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