menstruo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →menstruo, menstruare, menstruavi, menstruatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Religion
pollute; defile;; menstruate, have period; have monthly term;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →menstruus, menstrua, menstruum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
monthly; happens/done/paid every month; of/lasting for/consisting of a month;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →menstruum, menstrui:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
monthly payment/term; menstrual discharge (usu. pl.); monthly sacrifices (L+S);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...notho es dicta lumine Luna. tu cursu, dea, menstruo metiens iter annuum, rustica agricolae bonis tecta frugibus exples..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inopiae, profiteri cogendo frumentum et vendere quod usui menstruo superesset, fraudandoque parte diurni cibi servitia, criminando inde..."
