LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

cēnsūra

cēnsūra f (genitive cēnsūrae)
Classical[kẽːˈsuː.ra]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃenˈsuː.ra]

Meaning

  1. The office of a censor; censorship
  2. censure, judgment, criticism, opinion
    ‘verba quis audēret cōram sene digna rubōre‘‘[Back then] who, in the presence of an older man, would dare to speak words fit to blush? Old age was granted censure.’’ (The muse Urania is speaking about a former time. Here, ‘‘censuram’’ may mean informal ‘‘censure,’’ or could refer to formal ‘‘censorship’’ by a senior official elected as a Roman censor.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.69–70
  3. a severe judgment
  4. appraisal, oversight, control

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecēnsūracēnsūrae
genitivecēnsūraecēnsūrārum
dativecēnsūraecēnsūrīs
accusativecēnsūramcēnsūrās
ablativecēnsūrācēnsūrīs
vocativecēnsūracēnsūrae

censūra, ae, f. censor.
I. The office of censor, censorship, Liv. 4, 8, 2; 4, 24, 3 sq.; 9, 34, 16 sq.; 9, 46, 10 et saep.; Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48; Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 44; Ov. F. 6, 647 et saep.—Prov.: dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas, Juv. 2, 63.—
II. Trop.
A. A judgment, opinion, in gen. (prob. not ante-Aug.), Ov. R. Am. 362: vivorum, Vell. 2, 36, 3: vini, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 72: culinarum, id. 9, 54, 79, § 169: cachinni, Juv. 10, 31: de omni scripto (Senecae) judicium censuramque facere, Gell. 12, 2, 2. —
B. A severe, rigid judgment, severity: parentis, Treb. Gall. 3; Capitol. M. Aur. 22.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cēnsūra From cēnseō + -tūra. Furthermore the outcome of censor + -tūra.

Elsewhere
  • Englishcensure
  • Frenchcensure
  • GermanZensur
  • Italiancensura
  • Occitancensura
  • Portuguesecensura
  • Romaniancenzură
  • Spanishcensura
  • Belarusianцэнзу́ра
  • Bulgarianцѐнзура
Serbo-Croatian
  • Cyrillic scriptцензу́ра
  • Latin scriptcenzúra

Quick answers

What does cēnsūra mean in Latin?
cēnsūra, a noun, means “The office of a censor; censorship; censure, judgment, criticism, opinion”.
What is the genitive of cēnsūra?
The genitive singular is cēnsūrae. cēnsūra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce cēnsūra?
In classical Latin, [kẽːˈsuː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃenˈsuː.ra].