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Lewis Short
mensūra (noun F) : . , metior
* A measuring, measure (class.).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* A measuring, measure (class.).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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