Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1099.mēnsa on page 1099
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mēnsa table
mēnsa is a Latin Noun that primarily means table.
Definitions for mēnsa
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
table, dining, dish, course
- 2
mēnsa secunda, dessert
English derivatives:
the constellation Mensa
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
(in general) A table.
- 2
A table for sacred vessels and offerings to the gods; also, for offerings to the dead.
- 3
A table of table-top used at meals(portable and brought in complete with food). (b) ~am auferre, remouere, etc., to remove the table (at the end of a meal or between courses). (c) apud or ad ~am, at table. (d) (transf., perh.) position (of an item of food) in the gastronomic scale (alluding to the order of seating table?).
Sentences with mēnsa
Latin to English
Probitas laudatur et alget. Criminibus debent hortos praetoria mensas, argentum vetus et stantem extra pocula caprum.Compare Honesty is praised and left out in the cold. Gardens, palaces, rich tables, old silver, and those embossed goats on the cups - men owe these to their crimes.
Incipe, parve puer: qui non risere parenti, nec deus hunc mensa, dea nec dignata cubuli est.Compare Begin, dear babe. The boy who does not smile at his mother, will never deserve to sup with a god or sleep with a goddess.
Vocat quocum bene saepe libenter mensam sermonesque suos rerumque suarum comiter impertit, magnam cum lassus diei partem trivisset de summis rebus regendis.Compare He sent for a man with whom he was often happy to share his table, and to talk about private affairs after a tiring day spent dealing with the most serious business of government.
Declension table for mēnsa
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | mēnsa | mēnsae |
| Gen. | mēnsae | mēnsārum |
| Dat. | mēnsae | mēnsīs |
| Acc. | mēnsam | mēnsās |
| Abl. | mēnsā | mēnsīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 174.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1099.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "mēnsa, mēnsae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/mensa-mensae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 174.mēnsa, mēnsae on page 174
