adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
mēnstruus
mēnstruus (feminine mēnstrua, neuter mēnstruum)
Classical[ˈmẽː.stru.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛn.stru.us]
mēnstrua sg. nom. f.; pl. nom. n.; pl. acc. n.; sg. abl. f.; sg. voc. f.; pl. voc. n.
Meaning
- adjectiveOf or pertaining to a month.
- adjectiveThat happens every month, monthly.
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mēnstruus | mēnstrua | mēnstruum |
| genitive | mēnstruī | mēnstruae | mēnstruī |
| dative | mēnstruō | mēnstruae | mēnstruō |
| accusative | mēnstruum | mēnstruam | mēnstruum |
| ablative | mēnstruō | mēnstruā | mēnstruō |
| vocative | mēnstrue | mēnstrua | mēnstruum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mēnstruī | mēnstruae | mēnstrua |
| genitive | mēnstruōrum | mēnstruārum | mēnstruōrum |
| dative | mēnstruīs | mēnstruīs | mēnstruīs |
| accusative | mēnstruōs | mēnstruās | mēnstrua |
| ablative | mēnstruīs | mēnstruīs | mēnstruīs |
| vocative | mēnstruī | mēnstruae | mēnstrua |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- usura menstrua
- monthly interest.
menstrŭus, a, um, adj. mensis.
1. Of or belonging to a month, that happens every month, monthly.
A. In gen. (class.):
ferias menstruas edicere, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.: usura, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: ventorum ratio, Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.—2. Subst.
(a). menstrŭa, ōrum, n., the monthly sacri fices: ad menstrua solvenda montem ascendunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 492, 32. —
(b). menstrŭum, i, n.:
menstruum meum Calend Septembr finitur, a monthly term of office, monthly service, Plin. Ep. 10, 24, 3.—B. In partic., of or belonging to monthly purgations, to menstruation, menstruous:
menstruae purgationes, Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 132: cursus, id. 11, 39, 94, § 230: sanguis, Vulg. Lev. 15, 25. —As subst.: menstrŭa, ōrum, n., monthly purgations, menses, catamenia, Cels. 6, 6, 38: ciere, Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 65: sedare, id. 20, 14, 54, § 154.—In sing., Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78.—Of female animals: canis, menstruous, Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 98.—II. That lasts a month, for the space of a month, monthly: vita menstrua. Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 30:
spatium, id. N. D. 1, 31, 87: menstrua cibaria. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 72.—As subst.: men-strŭum, i, n., a month's provisions, Liv. 44, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mēnstruus adj.
mensis, of a month, of every month, monthly : usura.— Of a month, lasting a month, monthly : vita: cibaria: Luna, i. e. in her monthly course , V.—As subst m. : menstruum secum ferre, a month's provisions , L.
Origins
Back-formation from bimēnstris, ultimately from mēnsis (“month”). Suffix after annuus.
In English words that came into English from mēnstruus
- menstrualmēnstruālis
- menstruummēnstruum
- menstruousmenstruosus