noun · masculinethird declension
mēnsis
mēnsis m (genitive mēnsis)
Classical[ˈmẽː.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛn.sis]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- month
intrā mēnsem
before the end of the month
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
duodecima pars annī; lūna singulīs mēnsibus crēscit et minuitur.mēnsis -is m — in Mille Verba, Tempus et Numerī
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mēnsis | mēnsēs |
| genitive | mēnsis | mēnsium mēnsum |
| dative | mēnsī | mēnsibus |
| accusative | mēnsem | mēnsēs mēnsīs |
| ablative | mēnse | mēnsibus |
| vocative | mēnsis | mēnsēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- obsidionem quattuor menses sustinere
- to hold out for four months.
mensis, is (
I. gen. plur. regularly mensium;
freq. mensum, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 78; Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22; id. Verr 2, 74, 182 al.; Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3; Ov. M. 8, 500; id. F. 5, 187; 424; Liv. 3, 24, 4; 3, 25, 4; Plin. 7, 11, 9, § 49 et saep.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1. p. 265 sq.), m. root ma-, measure; Sanscr mas; Gr. μην, the measure of time; cf. Goth. mena; Germ. Mond; Engl. moon, month, a month. I. Lit.:
mensium nomina, Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33 Müll.; Censor 22: hunc mensem vortentem servare, the return of this month, i. e. a full year, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76: septem menses sunt. quom in hasce aedis pedem nemo mtro tulit, id Most. 2, 2, 39: lunae cursus qui, quia mensa spatia conficiunt, menses nominantur, Cic. N D 2, 27, 69: annūm novūm voluerunt esse primum mensem Martium, Atta ap Serv. Verg. G. 1, 43: primo mense, at the beginning of the month, Verg. A. 6, 453: regnavit is quidem paucos menses, Cic. Lael. 12, 41; Hor C. 2, 9, 6.—B. Esp., plur., the months, i. e. the fixed time, the period:
mensis jam tibi actos vides, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2.—II. Transf., esp. in plur., the menses:
prodest mulierum mensibus retardatis, Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 156; 22, 22, 40, § 83; 22, 25, 71, § 147; 23, 7, 71, § 138 et saep.—In sing.: a muliere incitati mensis, Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 267; 28, 7, 23, § 77.—Transf., of female animals, the yearly flux, Varr. R. R. 2, 7 med.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mēnsis is (gen plur. mensium, mensūm or mensuum), m
1 MA-, a month : mensis trīs abest, T.: quintum iam mensem obsessus, S.: lunae cursūs qui menses nominantur: Veneris marinae, i. e. of Venus's birth, April , H.: primo mense, at the beginning of the month , V.: regnavit paucos mensīs: magni menses, i. e. glorious , V.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *mēnsis, extended from *mēns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”), referring to the moon's phases as the measure of time. Cognate with Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn), μήνη (mḗnē), English month, Scots moneth (“month”), Lithuanian mėnesis (“month”), North Frisian muunt (“month”), Saterland Frisian Mound (“month”), Dutch maand (“month”), German Low German Maand, Monat (“month”), German Monat (“month”), Danish måned (“month”), Swedish månad (“month”), Icelandic mánuður (“month”), Armenian ամիս (amis), Old Irish mí, Old Church Slavonic мѣсѧць (měsęcĭ).
Descendants
- Catalanmes
- Frenchmoisfrom Old French mois
- Italianmese
- Occitanmes
- Portuguesemêsfrom Old Galician-Portuguese mes
- Sardinianmese
- Sardinianmesi
- Spanishmes
- Aromanianmes
- Asturianmes