mensor
Latin
Etymology
From mētior (“measure”) + -tor (agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.sor/, [ˈmẽːs̠ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.sor/, [ˈmɛnsor]
Noun
mēnsor m (genitive mēnsōris); third declension
- measurer
- (with frūmentī or frūmentārius) measurer of grain
- (with agrōrum or agrārius) land surveyor, surveyor of construction
- architect, engineer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mēnsor | mēnsōrēs |
| Genitive | mēnsōris | mēnsōrum |
| Dative | mēnsōrī | mēnsōribus |
| Accusative | mēnsōrem | mēnsōrēs |
| Ablative | mēnsōre | mēnsōribus |
| Vocative | mēnsor | mēnsōrēs |
Derived terms
- agrīmēnsor
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’s 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