mensura
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /menˈsuː.ra/, [mẽːˈs̠uːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /menˈsu.ra/, [menˈsuːrä]
Etymology 1
editFrom mēnsus, from mētior (“to measure”).
Noun
editmēnsūra f (genitive mēnsūrae); first declension
- measure; a measuring
- (by extension) a standard or measure by which something is measured
- (figuratively) a quantity or amount
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mēnsūra | mēnsūrae |
Genitive | mēnsūrae | mēnsūrārum |
Dative | mēnsūrae | mēnsūrīs |
Accusative | mēnsūram | mēnsūrās |
Ablative | mēnsūrā | mēnsūrīs |
Vocative | mēnsūra | mēnsūrae |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Albanian: mëshere, mueshirë
- Aromanian: misurã
- Catalan: mesura
- Friulian: misure
- Galician: mesura
- German: Mensur
- → Irish: measair
- Italian: misura
- Ladin: mesura
- Occitan: mesura
- Old French: mesure
- Portuguese: mesura
- Romanian: măsură
- Romansch: mesira, masira, maseira, masüra, imsüra
- → Russian: мензура (menzura)
- Sardinian: mesura, misura
- Sicilian: misura
- Spanish: mesura, → mensura (learned)
- Venetian: mexura
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editmēnsūrā
References
edit- “mensura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mensura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mensura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mensura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “mensura”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mensura”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Latin mēnsūra.
Noun
editmensura f (plural mensuras)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editmensura
- inflection of mensurar:
Further reading
edit- “mensura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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