mensura

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

  • From mētior (to measure) + -sūra.

    Noun

    mēnsūra f (genitive mēnsūrae); first declension

    1. measure; a measuring
    2. (by extension) a standard or measure by which something is measured
    3. (figuratively) a quantity or amount
    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative mēnsūra mēnsūrae
    genitive mēnsūrae mēnsūrārum
    dative mēnsūrae mēnsūrīs
    accusative mēnsūram mēnsūrās
    ablative mēnsūrā mēnsūrīs
    vocative mēnsūra mēnsūrae
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    mēnsūrā

    1. second-person singular present active imperative of mēnsūrō

    References

    • mensura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • mensura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "mensura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • mensura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • mensura”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • mensura”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /menˈsuɾa/ [mẽnˈsu.ɾa]
    • Rhymes: -uɾa
    • Syllabification: men‧su‧ra

    Etymology 1

    Learned borrowing from Latin mēnsūra.

    Noun

    mensura f (plural mensuras)

    1. measurement
      Synonyms: medida, medición

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    mensura

    1. inflection of mensurar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

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