menstruum
Dictionary entries
- 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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. 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);
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...classis quoque inuehatur hostium litoribus. praetore dimisso consul menstruum iusso milite secum ferre profectus decumo post die, quam..."Liber X
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...commodissime posse in rem praesentem excurrere. Nam et menstruum meum Kalendis Septembribus finitur, et sequens mensis complures dies..."
