Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.sis/, [ˈmẽː.sɪs]

Noun

mēnsis m ‎(genitive mēnsis); third declension

1. month

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Derived terms

• mēnstruus
• mēnsuālis

Related terms

• mēnstrua
• mēnstruālis
• mēnstruō
• trimestris

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of mēnsa ‎(“table”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.siːs/, [ˈmẽː.siːs]

Noun

mēnsīs

1. dative plural of mēnsa
2. ablative plural of mēnsa

References

• mensis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mensis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MENSIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mensis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to hold out for four months: obsidionem quattuor menses sustinere
    
  • (ambiguous) the intercalary year (month, day): annus (mensis, dies) intercalaris
    
• mensis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mensis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin