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“month” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

month
mensis: half a month, semestrium: a lunar month, mensis lunaris: of a month, that lasts a month, unius mensis; menstruus: two, three, four, five, six months long, bimestris, trimestris, quadrimestris, quinquemestris, semestris: to serve for a month, mensem vertentem servire: every third month, tertio quoque mense: every month, singulis mensibus: that returns or happens every month, menstruus: the first of the month, Kalendae: the fifth of the month, Nonae (except in March, May, July, and October, when the Nonae fell on the seventh day): the thirteenth of the month, Idus (except in the four months already mentioned, in which the Idus fell on the fifteenth; Vid: Zumpt, § 867; Pract. Introd., i: 523, sqq.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for month?
The usual Latin words for “month” are mēnsa, sēmestrĭum, mēnstruus; also bimēstris, trimēstris, quinquĕmestris. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.