mensor

mensor

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-
Proto-Italic *mētis
Latin mētior
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin mēnsor

    From mētior (“to measure”) + -tor (agentive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    mēnsor m (genitive mēnsōris); third declension

    1. measurer
      Synonym: mētītor
    2. architect; engineer

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative mēnsor mēnsōrēs
    genitive mēnsōris mēnsōrum
    dative mēnsōrī mēnsōribus
    accusative mēnsōrem mēnsōrēs
    ablative mēnsōre mēnsōribus
    vocative mēnsor mēnsōrēs

    Derived terms

    References

    • “mensor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “mensor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "mensor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “mensor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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