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mens, mentis (nom. sing. mentis: terra corpus est, at mentis ignis est, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 764 P.; so too, istic est de sole sumptus; isque totus mentis est, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll.; cf. Enn. p. 168, v. 6 and 7 Vahl.), f. [from the root men, whence memini, q. v., and comminiscor], the mind, disposition; the heart, soul (class.).

  1. I. In gen.: fusi sine mente ac sine sensu ullo jaceant, Enn. ap. Non. 312, 26 (Ann. v. 134 Vahl.): nubilam mentem Animi habeo, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 6: mens animi, Cat. 65, 4: mens animi vigilat, Lucr. 4, 758: mala mens, malus animus, bad disposition, bad heart, Ter. And. 1, 1, 137: hominum erga se mentes, feelings, sentiments, Suet. Calig. 60: mens mollis ad calamitates perferendas, Caes. B. G. 3, 19: humanae mentis vitium … saeva cupido, Juv. 14, 175.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. The conscience: cum vero jurato sententia dicenda est, meminerit, deum se adhibere testem, id est ut ego arbitror, mentem suam, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44: auditor, cui frigida mens est crimi nibus, Juv. 1, 166: quos diri conscia fact, Mens habet attonitos et surdo verbere caedit, id. 13, 194.
    2. B. The intellectual faculties, the mind, understanding, intellect, reason, judgment, discernment, consideration, reflection, etc.: mens, cui regnum totius animi (soul) a naturā tributum est, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11: animus ita est constitutus, ut habeat praestantiam mentis, id. Fin. 5, 12, 34: deorum mente atque ratione omnem mundum administrari et regi, id. N. D. 1, 2, 4: mente complecti aliquid, to comprehend, understand, id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37: sanum mentis esse, to be of sound mind, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 53: mens sana in corpore sano, Juv 10, 356: mentis suae esse, to be in one’s right mind, in one’s senses, Cic. Pis. 21, 50; so, mentis compotem esse, id. ib. 20, 48: captus mente, out of his senses, beside himself, mad (cf. menceps), id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Paul. Sent. 3, 4, a, 11: mentem amittere, to lose one’s mind, Cic. Har. Resp. 15. 31: mentis inops, Ov. H. 15, 139: huic ex tempore dicenti effluit mens, his recollection vanished, Cic. Brut. 61, 218: quis est tam vecors, qui ea, quae tanta mente fiunt, casu putet posse fieri? id. Har. Resp. 9, 19: vobis dent mentem oportet (di), ut prohibeatis, sicut mihi dederunt, ut, etc., Liv. 6, 18: quid tibi istuc in mentem venit? what comes into your mind? what are you thinking of? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 34: modo hercle in mentem venit, id. As. 3, 2, 42: venit hoc mihi in mentem, te, etc., id. Aul. 2, 2, 49: venit in mentem, ut, etc., id. Curc. 4, 4, 2.
      With inf., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 31.
      With nom.: miserae ubi venit in mentem mortis metus, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 23: servi venere in mentem calliditates, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 13: quotiescumque patria in mentem veniret, Liv. 5, 54, 3; 8, 5, 10; Quint. 12, 9, 13; cf.: numquam ea res tibi tam belle in mentem venire potuisset, Cic. Att. 12, 37, 2; id. Har. Resp. 26, 55.
      With gen. (so mostly in Cic.): non minus saepe ei venit in mentem potestatis, quam aequitatis tuae, he bethought himself of, Cic. Quint. 2, 6: tibi tuarum virtutum veniat in mentem, id. de Or 2, 61, 249: venit mihi Platonis in mentem, id. Fin. 5, 1, 2: solet mihi in mentem venire illius temporis, id. Fam. 7, 3, 1.
    3. C. Mind, thought, plan, purpose, intention, design. quā facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentem, Verg. A. 1, 676: ut nemini dubium esse debeat, quin reliquo tempore eādem mente sim futurus, Nep. Hann. 2, 5: Dolabella classem eā mente comparavit, ut, Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1: mentes deorum scrutari in fibris, Ov. M. 15, 136: ferro percussit, sed non occidendi mente, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 6, 3: poenae modus ex mente facientis statui potest, ib. 13, 3, 2: in mente est mihi dormire, I have a mind to, Petr. 21.
    4. D. Spirit, boldness, courage: addere mentem, to give courage to, Hor Ep. 2, 2, 36: demittunt mentes, lose courage, Verg. A. 12, 609 (cf. animus).
    5. E. Personified: Mens, the goddess of thought, whose festival was held on the eighth of June, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19: Menti aedem T. Octacilius praetor vovit, Liv. 22, 10; cf. Ov. F. 6, 241.

mensa, ae, f [Sanscr, ma, measure; Gr. μέτρον; cf. manus, mane, etc.], a table for any purpose, as a dining-table; a market-stand for meat, vegetables, etc.; a money-dealer’s table or counter, a sacrificial table, etc.

  1. I. Lit. Of the table itself as a fabrid: non ferre mensam nisi crebris distinctam venis, Sen. Dial. 3, 35, 5: mensa inanis nunc si adponatur mihi, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26: cibos in mensam alicui apponere, id. Men. 1, 3, 29: surgunt a mensā saturi, poti, id. Ps. 1, 3, 62: ad mensam consistere. to wait at table, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 61: auferre mensam, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 14: apud mensam, at table, id. Trin. 2, 4, 77; Gell. 2, 22, 1; 19, 7, 2: arae vicem praestare posse mensam dicatam, Macr. S. 3, 11, 5.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Food; a table, meal, course: quocum mensam sermonesque suos impertit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 240 Vahl.): communicabo te semper mensā meā, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 51: ita mensas exstruit, id. Men. 1, 1, 25: parciore mensā uti, Tac. A. 13, 16: Italicae Syracusiaeque mensae, Cic. Tusc. 5, 35, 100: cui Quintus de mensa misit, id. Att. 5, 1, 4; so, parāsti mensam adversus eos qui tribulant me, Vulg. Psa. 23, 5: una mensa, at a single meal, Juv. 1, 138: prior, proxima mensa, the first, the second rank at table; the first or second in esteem: Raeticis uvis prior mensa erat, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 9, 17, 29, § 63: secunda mensa, the second course, the dessert (at which much wine was used), Cels 1, 2: haec ad te scripsi, appositā secundā mensā, during the dessert, Cic. Att. 14, 6, 2; 14, 21, 4: Agesilaus coronas secundamque mensam servis dispertiit, Nep Ages. 8, 4: secunda mensa bono stomacho nihil nocet, Cels. 1, 2, fin.: mensae tempore, meal-time, Juv. 13, 211.
    2. B. The guests at table: cum primum istorum conduxit mensa choragum, Suet. Aug. 70.
    3. C. A money-changer’s counter: decem minas dum hic solvit, omnis mensas transiit, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 4: mensam poni jubet atque Effundi saccos nummorum, Hor. S. 2, 3, 148: nummulariorum, Vulg. Matt. 21, 12: publica, a public bank, Cic. Fl. 19, 44; id. Pis. 36, 88.
    4. D. A butcher’s table: mensa lanionia, butcher’s stall, shambles, Suet. Claud. 15.
    5. E. Mensa lusoria, a gaming-table (late Lat.), Aug. Conf. 8, 6.
  3. F. A sacrificial table: Curiales mensae, in quibus immolabatur Junoni, quae Curis est appellata, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Curiales, p. 64 Müll.: mensae deorum, Verg. A. 2, 764: Jovis mensa, Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105: a small altar: super tumulum statuere, Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66.
  4. G. The long flat part, the table, of a military engine (e. g. of a catapult), Vitr. 10, 16.
  5. H. A stand or platform on which slaves were exposed for sale: servus de mensā paratus, App. M. 8, p. 213; id. Mag. 17, p. 285, 15.

mensālis, e, adj. [mensa], of or belonging to the table, table- (post-class.): argentum mensale, silver table-service, Vop. Tac. 10: vinum, Auct. ap. Vop. Aurel. 9, 6: citharae species mensalis, Diom. 479, 12.

mensārĭus, a, um, adj. [mensa], of or belonging to the table or counter; only subst.

  1. I. mensārĭus, ii, m., a money-changer, banker
    1. A. In gen.: mensaril nummularii, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124, 17 Müll.: Cassius Parmens. ap. Suet. Aug. 4.
    2. B. In partic., a public banker, who regulated the paying out of public moneys, Cic. Fl. 19, 44: quinqueviris creatis, quos mensarlos ab dispensatione pecuniae appellārunt, Liv. 7, 21: mensarii triumviri, id. 23, 21; 26, 36.
  2. II. Mensārĭum, ii, n., table furniture, a table-cloth: collarium, quod in collo est.: mensarium, quod in mensā est, Prisc. p. 590 P.

mensātim, adv. [mensa], by tables, from table to table (late Lat.), Juvenc. 3, 214.

* mensĭo, ōnis, f. [metior], a measuring, measure: vocum, metre, quantity, Cic. Or. 53, 177.

mensis, is (gen. plur. regularly mensium; freq. mensum, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 78; Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22; id. Verr 2, 74, 182 al.; Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3; Ov. M. 8, 500; id. F. 5, 187; 424; Liv. 3, 24, 4; 3, 25, 4; Plin. 7, 11, 9, § 49 et saep.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1. p. 265 sq.), m. [root ma-, measure; Sanscr mas; Gr. μην, the measure of time; cf. Goth. mena; Germ. Mond; Engl. moon, month], a month.

  1. I. Lit.: mensium nomina, Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33 Müll.; Censor 22: hunc mensem vortentem servare, the return of this month, i. e. a full year, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76: septem menses sunt. quom in hasce aedis pedem nemo mtro tulit, id Most. 2, 2, 39: lunae cursus qui, quia mensa spatia conficiunt, menses nominantur, Cic. N D 2, 27, 69: annūm novūm voluerunt esse primum mensem Martium, Atta ap Serv. Verg. G. 1, 43: primo mense, at the beginning of the month, Verg. A. 6, 453: regnavit is quidem paucos menses, Cic. Lael. 12, 41; Hor C. 2, 9, 6.
    1. B. Esp., plur., the months, i. e. the fixed time, the period: mensis jam tibi actos vides, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2.
  2. II. Transf., esp. in plur., the menses: prodest mulierum mensibus retardatis, Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 156; 22, 22, 40, § 83; 22, 25, 71, § 147; 23, 7, 71, § 138 et saep.
    In sing.: a muliere incitati mensis, Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 267; 28, 7, 23, § 77.
    Transf., of female animals, the yearly flux, Varr. R. R. 2, 7 med.

mensor, ōris, m. [metior], a measurer (post Aug.).

  1. I. In gen.: te maris, et terrae, numeroque carentis arenae Mensorem cohibent, Archyta, Hor. C. 1, 28, 1: frumentarius, a corn-measurer, Paul. Dig. 27, 1, 26.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A surveyor: non agricolae sed mensoris officium esse dicebam, Col. 6, 1: cautus humum longo signavit limite mensor, Ov. M. 1, 136.
    2. B. An architect, Plin. Ep. 10, 27, 5; 10, 18, 3; Inscr. Orell. 3223.
    3. C. Milit. t. t.
      1. 1. An engineer, Amm. 19, 11, 8; Cassiod. Var. 3, 52.
      2. 2. One who measures out the ground for an encampment, a quartermaster, Veg. Mil. 2, 7, Cod. Th. 7, 8, 4; Inscr. Orell. 3473.

mensōrĭum, i, n. [mensor], a basket (late Lat.): caput Johannis in mensorio accipere, Cassiod. H. E. 10, 15.

menstrŭa, ōrum, v. menstruus.

menstrŭus, a, um, adj. [mensis].

      1. 1. Of or belonging to a month, that happens every month, monthly.
    1. A. In gen. (class.): ferias menstruas edicere, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.: usura, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: ventorum ratio, Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.
      1. 2. Subst.
          1. (α) menstrŭa, ōrum, n., the monthly sacri fices: ad menstrua solvenda montem ascendunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 492, 32.
          2. (β) menstrŭum, i, n.: menstruum meum Calend Septembr finitur, a monthly term of office, monthly service, Plin. Ep. 10, 24, 3.
    2. B. In partic., of or belonging to monthly purgations, to menstruation, menstruous: menstruae purgationes, Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 132: cursus, id. 11, 39, 94, § 230: sanguis, Vulg. Lev. 15, 25.
      As subst.: menstrŭa, ōrum, n., monthly purgations, menses, catamenia, Cels. 6, 6, 38: ciere, Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 65: sedare, id. 20, 14, 54, § 154.
      In sing., Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78.
      Of female animals: canis, menstruous, Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 98.
  1. II. That lasts a month, for the space of a month, monthly: vita menstrua. Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 30: spatium, id. N. D. 1, 31, 87: menstrua cibaria. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 72.
    As subst.: men-strŭum, i, n., a month’s provisions, Liv. 44, 2.

menstrŭālis, e, adj. [menstruus], monthly, every month, for a month.

  1. I. In gen.: epulae, i. e. free entertainment for a month, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 23: sphaera, Prud. στεφ. 10, 538.
  2. II. Of or belonging to the monthly courses of women, menstrual (post-Aug.): solum animal menstruale mulier est, Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63: mulier men strualis, menstrual, id. 19, 10, 57, § 177: pannus, Marc. Emp. 35: tempus, Vulg. Lev 15, 25.

menstrŭo, āre, v. n. and a. [id.].

    1. 1. Neutr., to have a monthly term, to be men struant (post-class.): mulier menstruans, Pall. 1, 35, 3.
  • II. Act., to pollute; trop.: pannus menstruatae justitiae nostrae, polluted, Vulg. Isa. 64, 6; cf. id. Ezech. 18, 6.

    • menstrŭum, i, v. menstruus.

    mensŭālis, e, adj. [mensis], of a month, monthly (post-class.): numerus, Gromat. Vet. p. 393, 12: speculatio, id. ib. p. 415, 13: stipendia, Fulg. Contin. Virg. p. 142, 3.

    mensŭla, ae, f. dim. [mensis], a little table (ante-class. and post-Aug.), Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150; Petr. 136; App. M. 2, 11, p. 119.

    mensŭlārĭus, ii, m. [mensula], a money-changer (post-Aug.), Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 2; Dig. 42, 5, 24, § 2; 2, 11, 47, § 1.

    mensūra. ae, f. [metior], a measuring, measure (class.).

    1. I. Lit.: mensuram facere alicujus, Ov A. A. 3, 265: agere, to measure, survey, Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 5: inire. Col 5, 3: res (quae) pondere numero mensura constant, Gai. Inst. 2, 196.
    2. II. Transf., a measure, by which any thing is measured: majore mensurā reddere, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48: qui modus mensurae medimnus appellatur, kind of measure, Nep. Att. 2, 6: mensuras et pondera invenit Phidon Argivus, aut Palamedes, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198: ex aquā, i. e. clepsydra, Caes. B. G. 5, 13: quicquid sub aurium mensuram aliquam cadit, numerus vocatur, Cic. Or 20, 67: de mensura jus dicere, Juv. 10, 101.
      1. B. Trop., measure, quantity, proportion, capacity, power, extent, degree, etc.: dare alicui mensuram bibendi, to prescribe how much one may drink, Ov. A. A. 1, 589: nostri orbis, Tac. Agr. 12: beneficii, Plin. Ep. 10, 12, 2: qui tanti mensuram nominis imples, i. e. who answerest to its meaning, art worthy of it, Ov. P. 1, 2, 1: ficti crescit, measure, size, id. M. 12, 57: sui, one’s own measure, i. e. capacity, Juv. 11, 35: sed deerat pisci patinae mensura, was too small, Juv. 4, 72: nuribus Argolicis fui Mensura voti, I was the measure of their wishes, i. e. they desired to have as much as I possessed, Sen. Herc. Oet. 400: submittere se ad mensuram discentis, to accommodate one’s self to the capacity of the learner, Quint. 2, 3, 7: legati, character, standing. Tac. H. 1, 52: mensura tamen quae sufficiat census, how large a fortune, Juv. 14. 316.
        In painting: Apelles cedebat Asclepiodoro de mensuris, hoc est quanto quid a quoque distare deberet, the degree of prominence, and relative distances, of parts of a picture, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80.
        In gram.: mensurae verborum, the quantities of their syllables, Quint. 10, 1, 10.

    mensūrābĭlis, e, adj. [mensura], that can be measured, measurable (post-class.): spatium, Prud. Apoth. 881.
    Hence, men-sūrābĭlĭter, adv., measurably, Aug. Specul. 20.

    mensūrālis, e, adj. [mensura], of or belonging to measuring, measuring- (post-class.): mensuralis linea, Sicul. Fl. p. 19 Goes.
    Plur. as subst.: mensūrālia, ium, n., the title of a work by Varro, Prisc. p. 817 P.
    Hence, adv.: mensūrālĭter, by measure (post-class.), Hyg. de Limit. p. 167 Goes.

    mensūro, 1, v. a. [mensura],

    1. I. to measure (post-class.): fossa mensuratur, Veg. Mil. 1, 25; Gromat. Vet. p. 232, 9: fines, Hilar. in Psa. 15, 8: longitudinem, Vulg. Ezech. 45, 3; 48, 30 al.
    2. II. Trop., to measure, estimate: suas opes viresque suorum, Coripp. Laud. Just. 3, 372.
      Hence, mensūratē, adv., by measurement, Cassiod. in Psa. 69, 5.

    mensūrātĭo, ōnis, f. [mensuro], a measuring, mensuration (post-class.): jugeri, Auct. de Limit. p. 264 Goes.: agrorum, Jul. Vict. Art. Rhet. 3, 5; p. 379, 12 Halm.

    mensūrātor, is, m. [mensuro], a measurer (late Lat.), Hier. in Psa. 44.

    mensurnus, a, um, adj. [mensis], monthly (for the more usual menstruus): spatium, * Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39 (acc. to Prisc. p 595 P.; B. and K. menstrui spatii); so Novat. de Trinit.: divisiones. Cypr. Ep. 34.

    1. mensus, a, um, Part., from metior.

    2. mensus. ūs (only in abl. sing.), m. [metior], a measuring, measure, v. l. ap. App. de Mundo, p. 253 dub.

    mētĭor, mensus (post-class. metītus, Dig. 32, 1, 52), 4, v. dep. [Sanscr. ma, to measure; cf. Gr. μέ-τρον, Lat. modus], to measure, mete (lands, corn); also, to measure or mete out, to deal out, distribute by measure (class.).

    1. I. Lit.: metiri agrum, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 2: frumentum, id. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 192: sol, quem metiri non possunt, id. Ac. 2, 41, 128: magnitudinem mundi, id. Off. 1, 43, 154: nummos, to measure one’s money, i. e. to have a great abundance of it, Hor. S. 1, 1, 95: nummos modio, Petr. S. 37: se ad candelabrum, id. ib. 75: pedes syllabis, to measure by syllables, Cic. Or. 57, 194: frumentum militibus metiri, Caes. B. G. 1, 16: cum exercitu frumentum metiri oporteret, id. ib. 1, 23; 7, 71: Caecubum, Hor. Epod. 9, 36: quis mensus est pugillo aquas? Vulg. Isa. 40, 12: tantus acervus fuit, ut metientibus dimidium super tres modios explesse, sint quidam auctores, Liv. 23, 12.
      1. B. Poet. transf., to measure a distance, i. e. to pass, walk, or sail through or over, to traverse: Sacram metiente te viam (of the measured pace of a proud person), Hor. Epod. 4, 7: aequor curru, to sail through, Verg. G. 4, 389: aquas carinā, Ov. M. 9, 446: tu, cursu, dea menstruo metiens iter annuom, to go through complete, Cat. 34, 17: instabili gressu metitur litora cornix, Luc. 5, 556.
        Also absol.: quin hic metimur gradibus militariis, to walk, Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 11.
    2. II. Trop., to measure, estimate, judge one thing by another; also simply to measure, estimate, judge of, set a value on a thing.
            1. (α) With abl. of the standard of comparison, or the means of judgment: sonantia metiri auribus, Cic. Or. 68, 227: oculo latus, Hor. S. 1, 2, 103: omnia quaestu, by profit, Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 111: qui nihil alterius causa faciet et metietur suis commodis omnia, id. Leg. 1, 14, 41: vides igitur, si amicitiam sua caritate metiare, nihil esse praestantius, id. Fin. 2, 26, 85: vim eloquentiae sua facultate non rei natura, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4, 10: omnia voluptate, id. Fam. 7, 12, 2: studia utilitate, Quint. 12, 11, 29: magnos homines virtute, non fortuna, Nep. Eum. 1: usum pecuniae non magnitudine, sed ratione, Cic. Att. 14: officia utilitate, Lact. 6, 11, 12: odium in se aliorum suo in eos metiens odio, Liv. 3, 54: pericula suo metu, Sall. C. 31, 2: peccata vitiis, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20: aetatem nostram non spatio senectutis, sed tempore adulescentiae, Quint. 12, 11, 13.
            2. (β) With ex (very rare): fidelitas, quam ego ex mea conscientiā metior, Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2: ex eo, quantum cuique satis est, metiuntur homines divitiarum modum, id. Par. 6, 1, 14.
            3. (γ) With ad: nec se metitur ad illum quem dedit haec (paupertas) posuitque modum, i. e. accommodates herself, Juv. 6, 358.
            4. (δ) Absol. (post-Aug.): metiri ac diligenter aestimare vires suas, Quint. 6, 1, 45: pondera sua, Mart. 12, 100, 8: sua regna, Luc. 8, 527.
              (ε) With quod: quanto metiris pretio, quod, etc., Juv. 9, 72.
      1. B. To traverse. go over, pass through: late Aequora prospectu metior alta meo, Ov. H. 10, 28: tot casus, tot avia, Val. Fl. 5, 476: jamque duas lucis partes Hyperione menso, Ov. M. 8, 564.
      2. C. To measure out, deal to any one, treat one well or ill: mensurā quā mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis, Vulg. Luc. 6, 38; cf. id. Matt. 7, 2.
        Note: In pass. signif., to be measured: agri glebatim metiebantur, Lact. Mort. Persec. 23, 2: an sol pedis unius latitudine metiatur, Arn. 2, 86.
        Part. perf.: mensus, a, um, measured off: mensa spatia conficere, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 69.
        As subst.: bene mensum dabo, good measure, Sen. Q. N. 4, 4, 1.