mensor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.sor/, [ˈmẽːs̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.sor/, [ˈmɛnsor]

Noun

mēnsor m (genitive mēnsōris); third declension

1. measurer
2. (with frūmentī or frūmentārius) measurer of grain
3. (with agrōrum or agrārius) land surveyor, surveyor of construction
4. 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

• 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.