LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

cēnsus1

cēnsus m (genitive cēnsūs)
Classical[ˈkẽː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃɛn.sus]

Meaning

  1. census, a registering of the populace and their property
  2. a register resulting from a census
  3. poeticrich gifts, presents, wealth

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Epistulae cover
aestimātiō bonōrum
cēnsus -ūs (m) — in Epistulae, ch. 19
Metamorphoses I cover
summa omnium bonōrum, quae quis habet
cēnsus -ūs (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 17

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecēnsuscēnsūs
genitivecēnsūscēnsuum
dativecēnsuīcēnsibus
accusativecēnsumcēnsūs
ablativecēnsūcēnsibus
vocativecēnsuscēnsūs

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

census, ūs, m. 1. censeo.
I. A registering and rating of Roman citizens, property, etc., a census; cf. Liv. 1, 42, 5; Dig. 50, 15, and the compendiums referred to under censor: habere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131: agere, Liv. 3, 22, 1; 40, 46, 8; Suet. Aug. 27; id. Tib. 21: facere, Gell. 10, 28, 1: censere, cf. censeo: censu prohibere, to refuse one admittance into the lists of citizens, Cic. Sest. 47, 101; so, censu excludere, Liv. 45, 15, 4: manumissio censu, i. e. when a slave was enrolled in the census at the request of his master, Just. Inst. 1, 5, 1.— Hence,
II. Meton.
A. The register of the census, the censor's lists, P. Afr. ap. Gell. 7, 11, 9; Cic. Balb. 2, 5; id. Arch. 5, 11; id. Cael. 32, 78; Liv. 39, 44, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4; 22, 3, 10.—
B. The registered property of Roman citizens: census senatorum (800,000 sesterces), Suet. Aug. 41; id. Vesp. 17: census equester (400,000 sesterces), id. Caes. 33; id. Aug. 40; cf. Juv. 14, 326.—
C. Wealth, riches, property, possessions, in gen. ( = divitiae, opes): homo egens, sine censu, Cic. Fl. 22, 52; so Hor. C. 2, 15, 13; id. S. 2, 3, 324; Ov. F. 1, 217; id. M. 3, 588; 8, 846; Plin. 14, prooem. § 5; Tac. A. 2, 37; Suet. Ner. 38; 44 al.: exiguus, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43: tenuis, id. ib. 1, 7, 56: opimo onerare digitos, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 22.—Poet., = pretium, munera, rich presents, gifts, Ov. M. 7, 739.—
2. Trop.: censu Tullius oris (by eloquence) Emeritus caelum, Manil. 1, 792; cf. id. 1, 12; 3, 71.

Origins

Perhaps from earlier Proto-Italic *kenssos, which was itself possibly remade from earlier *kenstos on the model of terms such as *penssos. This form *kenstos may derive from earlier Proto-Indo-European *ḱn̥s-tós, from *ḱens-.

Descendants
  • Catalancens
  • Englishcensus
  • Frenchcensfrom Old French cens
  • Romaniancensfrom Old French cens
  • GermanZensus
  • Italiancenso
  • GermanZinsfrom Old High German zins
  • Portuguesecenso
  • Spanishcenso
  • Asturiancensu
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
cēnsus2
cēnsus (feminine cēnsa, neuter cēnsum)
Classical[ˈkẽː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃɛn.sus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveregistered
  2. adjectiveassessed
  3. adjectivereckoned

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecēnsuscēnsacēnsum
genitivecēnsīcēnsaecēnsī
dativecēnsōcēnsaecēnsō
accusativecēnsumcēnsamcēnsum
ablativecēnsōcēnsācēnsō
vocativecēnsecēnsacēnsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecēnsīcēnsaecēnsa
genitivecēnsōrumcēnsārumcēnsōrum
dativecēnsīscēnsīscēnsīs
accusativecēnsōscēnsāscēnsa
ablativecēnsīscēnsīscēnsīs
vocativecēnsīcēnsaecēnsa

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

census, a, um, Part., from 1. censeo.

Origins

Perhaps from earlier Proto-Italic *kenssos, which was itself possibly remade from earlier *kenstos on the model of terms such as *penssos. This form *kenstos may derive from earlier Proto-Indo-European *ḱn̥s-tós, from *ḱens-.