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mensum

mensum is a Latin form of mensis, meaning “month”. It is the genitive plural masculine noun.

It can also be a form of metior, “measure; estimate, judge”.

Found 34 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.5.3: … rtaturi erant, comburunt, ut domum reditionis spe sublata paratiores ad omnia pericula subeunda essent; trium mensum molita cibaria sibi quemque domo efferre iubent. Persuadent Rauracis et Tulingis et Latobrigis finitimis, uti …

All forms of mensis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.