mensura

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From mēnsus, from mētior (to measure).

Noun

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mēnsūra f (genitive mēnsūrae); first declension

  1. measure; a measuring
  2. (by extension) a standard or measure by which something is measured
  3. (figuratively) a quantity or amount
Declension
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First-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
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mēnsūrā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of mēnsūrō

References

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /menˈsuɾa/ [mẽnˈsu.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: men‧su‧ra

Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin mēnsūra.

Noun

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mensura f (plural mensuras)

  1. measurement
    Synonyms: medida, medición

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mensura

  1. inflection of mensurar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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