Latin

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

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• mēnsūrābilis
• mēnsūrālis
• mēnsūrō

Related terms

• mēnsūrātiō
• mēnsūrātor
• mētior

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mensura”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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