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† maena (mēna), ae, f., = μαίνη, a kind of small sea-fish, eaten salted by the poor, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 149; Ov. Hal. 120; Mart. 11, 31, 14; 12, 32, 15; Pers. 3, 76: acipenserem maenae non anteponere, Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 91.
As a term of reproach: deglupta maena, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 33.

Memnon, ŏnis, m., = Μεμνων, son of Tithonus and Aurora, and king of the Ethiopians; he went to the aid of the Trojans, and was slain by Achilles: nigri Memnonis arma, Verg. A. 1, 489.
When burned on the funeral pile he is said to have been changed by Aurora into a bird, while from his ashes many other birds flew up, called Memnoniae or Memnonides, who every year flew from Ethiopia to Troy and fought over Memnon’s tomb, Ov. M. 13, 600 sq.; id. ib. 13, 617; Plin. 10, 26, 37, § 74. The black marble statue of Memnon, near Thebes, when struck by the first beams of the sun, gave forth a sound like that of a lute-string, which was regarded as Memnon’s greeting to his mother: dimidio magicae resonant ubi Memnone chordae, Juv. 15, 5; cf.: mater lutea Memnonis, i. e. Aurora, Ov. F. 4, 714: Memnonis saxea effigies, Tac. A. 2, 61.
The fate of Memnon was the subject of a poem by Alpinus, Hor. S. 10, 36.
Hence,

  1. A. Memnŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Memnon, Memnonian.
    1. 1. Lit.: Memnoniae aves, Sol. 40.
    2. 2. Transf., Oriental, Moorish, black (poet.): color, Ov. P. 3, 3, 96: regna, Luc. 3, 284.
      Esp., as subst.: Memnŏnĭa (Menn-), ae, f., a precious stone, of a black color, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.
  2. B. Memnŏnĭ-des, um, f. plur., the birds of Memnon; v. supra.

1. mēna, ae, v. maena.

2. Mēna, ae, f. [μήν], daughter of Jupiter, the goddess who presided over the physical condition of women, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 11; 7, 2.

‡ 3. Mena, ae, m., a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 241, col. 2.

Mĕnaechmi, ōrum, m., = Μέναιχμοι, a comedy of Plautus, so called from the two twin brothers of this name, the leading characters.

Mĕnaenĭus or Mĕnaenus, a, um, adj., of or from Menæ (Μέναι), a city of Sicily, now Mineo: Xenon Menaenus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 22, § 55.
In plur.: Mĕnaeni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Menæ, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; also written Mĕ-nanīni, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.

1. Mĕnaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Menæ, in Sicily: comitata Menaeis (viris), Sil. 14, 266.

† 2. mēnaeus, i, m., = μηναῖος, monthly; subst. (sc. circulus), a monthly circle (al. manacus), Vitr. 9, 8.

Mĕnalcas, ae, m., the name of a shepherd, Verg. E. 5, 4; 2, 15.

Mĕnălippē (Mĕnălippa, Mĕlă-nippē), ēs, f., = Μεναλίππη,

  1. I. a sister of Antiope queen of the Amazons, taken prisoner by Hercules, Just. 2, 4, 23; Hyg. Fab. 186.
  2. II. A tragedy of Attius, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114; and of Ennius, Gell. 5, 11, 2; cf. Juv. 8, 229.

Mĕnălippus (orig. form Mĕlănip-pus), i, m., = Μελάνιππος, the slayer of Tydeus, who, while dying, bit the head of Menalippus, Stat. Th. 8, 719; 740.
The form Melanippus is found as the name of a tragedy of Attius, Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 20.

(Menalĭus, a false reading in Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55; v. Creuz. ad loc.)

Mĕnander or Mĕnandros (-us; Gr.

  1. I. gen. Menandru, acc. to Μενάνδρου, Ter. Eun., Heaut., and Ad.), i, m., = Μένανδρος, a celebrated Greek comic poet, whom Terence took as his model, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Ter. And. prol. 9; Prop. 3, 21, 28: nobilis comoediis, Phaedr. 5, 1, 9; Amm. 21, 4, 4.
    Form Menandros, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 18: also Menandrus, Vell. 1, 16, 3.
  2. II. A slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 16, 13.
  3. III. A freedman of T. Ampius Balbus, Cic. Fam. 13, 70.
    Hence,
    1. A. Mĕnandrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Menander, Menandrian, Prop. 2, 5 (6), 3.
    2. B. Mĕnandrĭcus, a, um, adj., the same: fluxus, Tert. Pall. 4.

Mĕnanīni, v. Menaenius fin.

Mĕnăpĭi, ōrum, m. plur. (Mĕnapis for Menapiis, Mart. 13, 54), a people of Belgic Gaul, between the Meuse and the Scheldt, Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 9; 4, 4, 2; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 106; Tac. H. 4, 28; Inscr. Orell. 749.
Hence,

  1. A. Mĕnăpĭa, ae, f., the chief town of the Menapii, Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.
  2. B. Mĕnăpĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the Menapii, Edict. Diocl. p. 14.

Mēnas, ae, m., = Μηνᾶς, a freedman of Sextus Pompeius, his lieutenant and commander of the pirate-fleet, which, with the hope of greater gain, he traitorously delivered up to Augustus, Vell. 2, 73; 77; Plin. 35, 18, 58, § 200.

‡ menceps [for menteceptos, from mens and capio], out of his senses, mad, acc. to Prisc. p. 668 P.

menda, ae, f. [v. mendum], a fault, defect, blemish of the body (poet. and postAug.).

  1. I. Lit.: in toto nusquam corpore menda fuit, Ov. Am. 1, 5, 18: nocte latent mendae, id. A. A. 1, 249.
  2. II. Transf., a mistake, error, blunder, in writing, in books, a slip of the pen, Suet. Aug. 87: mendae istins indoles, Gell. 20, 6, 14; 1, 7, 3.

‡ mendācĭlŏquĭum, ii, n. [mendaciloquus], for mendacium, false-speaking, falsehood, mendacity: mendaciloquium, ψευδολογία, Gloss. Philox.

mendācĭlŏquus, a, um, adj. [mendacium-loquor], false-speaking, lying, mendacious (ante- and post-class.): nihil est stolidius, Neque mendaciloquius, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 163.
As subst.: mendācĭlŏquus, i, m., a liar: mendaciloquorum doctrinae, Tert. adv. Psych. 2.

mendācĭŏlum, i, n., v. mendaciunculum.

mendācĭtas, ātis, f. [mendax], false hood, mendacity (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Praescr. 31.

mendācĭter, adv., v. mendax fin.

mendācĭum, ii, n. [mendax], a lie, untruth, falsehood.

  1. I. Lit. (class.): dicere alicui mendacium de re aliquā, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 33: mendacio fallere, Cic. Mur. 30, 62: vatum, Ov. F. 6, 253: famae, id. ib. 4, 311: immensa spirant mendacia, Juv. 7, 111: Titiae meae, cum quā sine mendacio vixi, i. e. honestly, without hypocrisy, Dig. 34, 2, 36: prophetāsti mendacium, Vulg. Jer. 20, 6; cf. id. ib. 27, 10: credere mendacio, to believe a lie, id. 2 Thess. 2, 11.
    1. B. Esp., a fable, fiction (opp. historic truth): poëtarum, Curt. 3, 1, 4.
  2. II. Transf., of things, a counterfeit (post-Aug.): neque est imitabilior alia mendacio vitri, Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 112; 35, 6, 29, § 48.

* mendācĭuncŭlum, i, n. dim. [mendacium], a little lie, trifling untruth, fib: quod tamen est mendaciunculis aspergendum (al. mendaciolis), Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 241 Orell. N. cr.

mendax, dācis, adj. [mentior], given to lying, mendacious; subst., a liar.

  1. I. Lit.: mendacem esse adversus aliquem, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 188: cum mendaci homini, ne verum quidem dicenti, credere soleamus, Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146: Carthaginienses fraudulenti et mendaces, id. Agr. 2, 35, 95: aretalogus, Juv. 15, 16.
    As subst.: mendax, dācis, m., a liar.
    Prov.: mendacem memorem esse oportet, a liar should have a good memory, Quint. 4, 2, 91.
    Comp.: Parthis mendacior, Hor. Ep 2, 1, 112.
    Sup.: mendacissimus, the greatest liar, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 48.
    With gen.: si hujus rei me mendacem esse inveneris, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 4.
    With dat.: saepe fui mendax pro te mihi, Ov. H. 2, 11.
    With in and acc.: in parentem, Hor. C. 3, 11, 35; for which adversum, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 188.
    With in and abl.: in tenui farragine, Pers. 5, 77.
  2. II. Transf., of inanim, and abstr. things, lying, false, deceptive; feigned, fictitious, counterfeit, not real, etc. (mostly poet.): mendacia visa, Cic. Div. 2, 62, 127: speculum, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 38: fundus, that does not yield the expected fruits, Hor. C. 3, 1, 30: damnum, Ov. A. A. 1, 431: infamia, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 39: os, Tib. 3, 6, 35: pennae, Ov. M. 10, 159: quidquid Graecia mendax audet in historia, Juv. 10, 174.
    Hence, adv.: mendācĭter, falsely, mendaciously (post-class.): praedicare, Sol. 1, 87.
    Sup.: mendacissime dicere, Aug. Mor. Eccl. 1, 17.

Mendēs, ētis, Mendēsīcus, and Mendēsĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Egyptian maritime town Mendes.

        1. (α) Mendes: Asclepias, Suet. Aug. 94.
        2. (β) Mendesicus: ostium, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 64.
        3. (γ) Mendesius: nomos, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49: unguentum, id. 13, 1, 2, § 17.

mendīcābŭlum, i, n. [mendico], a beggar, mendicant (ante- and post-class.): hominum mendicabula, Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 2: circumforaneum, App. M. 9, p. 218, 41.

mendīcābundus, a, um, adj. [mendico], begging, mendicant (eccl. Lat.): mendicabundā prece stipem rogare, Aug. Ep. 140.

mendīcātĭo, ōnis, f. [mendico], a begging, obtaining by begging (post-Aug.): foeda vitae mendicatio, Sen. Ep. 101, 13.

mendīcē, adv., v. mendicus fin.

mendīcĭmōnĭum, ii, n. [mendicus], beggary, indigence, Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 2, and ap. Non. 140, 31.

mendīcĭtas, ātis, f. [mendicus], beggary, mendicity, pauperism, indigence (rare but class.): qui quidem ad mendicitatem properent se detrudere, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 21; id. Rud. 2, 6, 30: in summā mendicitate esse, Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 86: mendicitatem perpeti, id. Fin. 5, 11, 32: paupertatem novā mendicitate revocare, Petr. 125.

mendico, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., and mendīcor, ātus sum (archaio inf. mendicarier, Plaut. Capt. prol. 13), 1, v. dep. [mendicus], to beg, ask for alms, go a-begging; to beg for something, solicit, obtain by begging; constr. absol. and with acc. (poet. and post-class.): mendicantem vivere, to live by begging. Plaut. Capt 2, 2, 73: quando histrionem cogis mendicarier, id. ib. prol. 13; mendicum malim mendicando vincere, id. ib. 3, 4, 16.
Act.: a me mendicas malum, Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 12: aliquid mendicare, App. Mag. p. 287, 1.
Poet.: ejectis mendicat silva Camenis, i.e. is full of beggars, Juv. 3, 16.
Part. in pass. sense: mendicatus victa Karthagine panis, Juv. 10, 277.

mendīcŭlus, a, um, dim. adj. [mendicus], of a beggar, beggarly: inducula (opp. regilla), Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 32.

‡ mendicum, velum quod in prora ponitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.

mendīcus, a, um, adj., beggarly, needy, in want, indigent (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: paupertas si malum est, mendicus esse beatus nemo potest, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; cf.: solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites, id. Mur. 29, 61: mendicior, Tert. de Anim. 33: prandia, Mart. 14, 81.
    As subst.: mendīcus, i, m., a beggar, mendicant: mendicum malim mendicando vincere, Quam, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 16: mendici, i. e. the priests of Cybele, Hor. S. 1, 2, 2.
    As a term of abuse, a beggar, ragamuffin, Ter. And. 4, 5, 20.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., poor, paltry, mean, sorry, pitiful: instrumentum mendicum, Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92.
    Hence, adv.: mendīcē, in a beggarly manner, meanly (post-Aug. and post-class.): non tam mendice tecum agam, sed plenā manu, Sen. Ep. 33, 6.
    Comp.: ne mendicius patre coenaret, Tert. Pall. 5.

mendōsē, adv., v. mendosus fin.

mendōsĭtas, ātis, f. [mendosus], faultiness (eccl. Lat.): mendositatem corrigere, Aug. Ep. 71, 5; id. Civ. Dei, 15, 13.

mendōsus, a, um, adj. [mendum].

  1. I. Full of faults, fauity.
    1. A. Physically, full of faults or blemishes: equi facies, Ov. M. 12, 399.
    2. B. In gen., erroneous, incorrect (class.): mendosum exemplar testamenti, Plin. Ep. 10, 75: mendosum est, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 83: mores, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 1.
      Comp.: historia mendosior, Cic. Brut. 16, 62.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. That commits faults, makes mistakes: cur servus societatis, qui tabulas conficeret, semper in Verrucii nomine certo ex loco mendosus esset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 188.
    2. B. False, deceptive: mendosum for mendose, adverbially, falsely: mendosum tinnire, Pers. 5, 106.
      Hence, adv.: mendōsē, full of faults, faultily, falsely (class.): libri mendose scribuntur, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 6: mendose colligis, Pers. 5, 85.
      Sup.: ars mendosissime scripta, Cic. Inv. 1, 6, 8.

mendum, i, n. [Sanscr. manāk, a little; mindā, a defect; cf.: mancus, mendicus], a fault, error, blunder in writing (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: quod mendum ista litura correxit? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104: librariorum, id. Att. 13, 23, 2.
  2. II. Trop.: Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent, mistake, error, Cic Att. 14, 22, 2.
    1. B. A blemish, defect, in the face, etc.: rara tamen mendo facies caret, Ov. A. A. 3, 261.

Mĕnĕcles, is, m., = Μενεκλῆς, an Asiatic rhetorician from Alabanda, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 95; id. Or. 69, 231.
Hence, Mĕ-nĕclĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Menecles the rhetorician: Meneclium studium, Cic. Brut. 95, 326.

Mĕnecrătes, is, m., = Μενεκράτης.

  1. I. A poet of Ephesus, who wrote of husbandry, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 9.
  2. II. A freedman of Pompey, Plin. 35, 18, 58, § 200.

* Mĕnĕdēmus, i, m., = Μενέδημος.

  1. I. An Eretrian philosopher, a disciple of Plato, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 129.
  2. II. An Athenian rhetorician in the time of Crassus, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 85.
  3. III. A peripatetic philosopher from Rhodes, Gell. 13, 5, 3.
  4. IV. A Greek admitted to the privileges of citizenship, but afterwards executed, Cic. Att. 15, 19, 2.
  5. V. A general of Alexander the Great, Curt. 7, 6, 13; 7, 7, 15.
  6. VI. The name of a man, one of the Dramatis Personae in Ter. Heaut.

Mĕnĕlāēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Menelaüs: thalamus, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 14.

* Menelāis, ĭdis and ĭdos, f., a city in Epirus, Liv. 39, 26.

Mĕnĕlāites, an Egyptian name, Plin. 5, 8, 9, § 49.

* Mĕnĕlaĭus, i, m., a mountain in Laconia, on the Eurotas, near Sparta, Liv. 34, 28.

Mĕnĕlāüs, i, m., = Μενέλαος.

  1. I. Son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, and husband of Helen, who eloped from him with Paris, Cic. Brut. 13, 50; id. Rep. 5, 9, 14; Auct. Her. 3, 21, 34; Ov. M. 13, 203; id. A. A. 2, 359.
    1. B. Transf., a cuckold.
      Jestingly of M. Lucullus, whose wife was seduced by C. Memmius, Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3.
  2. II. Menelaus Marathenus, a Greek rhetorician, from the old Phoenician city of Marathus, Cic. Brut. 26, 100.
  3. III. Menelai portus, a city with a port of the same name on the shore of the Mediterranean, between Cyrene and Egypt, Nep. Ages. 8, 6; also called Menelaita urbs, Edict. Justin. 13, 9, 2.
    Hence, adj.: Mĕnĕlāĕus, a, um, of Menelaus, Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 14.

Mĕnēnĭānus, a, um, see the foll. art. II. B.

Mĕnēnĭus,

  1. I. name of a Roman gens. Its most celebrated member was Menenius Agrippa, who told the people the fable of the belly and the limbs, Liv. 2, 16, 7; 2, 32, 8; 2, 33, 10.
    Another Menenius in the time of Horace, noted as a foolish person, Hor. S. 2, 3, 287.
  2. II. Hence,
    1. A. Mĕnēnĭus, a, um, adj., Menenian: tribus, a Roman tribe, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2.
    2. B. Mĕnēnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Menenius, Menenian: judicium, i. e. of Menenius Agrippa, Liv. 2, 52, 8.

Mĕnē̆phron, ŏnis, m., = Μενεφρων, the name of an immoral person, Ov M. 7, 386; called also Mĕnō̆phrus, Hyg. Fab. 253.

‡ Mĕnerva, v. Minerva init.

* Mĕnestheus (-steus), ei and eos, m., = Μενεσθευς, a man’s name.

  1. I. A son of Iphicrates the Athenian, Nep. lphicr. 3.
  2. II. A king of the Athenians, a leader in the Trojan war, Just. 2, 6.
  3. III. A charioteer of Diomedes, Stat. Th. 6, 661; 712.
  4. IV. = Mnestheus, q. v.

Mēnĭa Cŏlumna, v. Maenius.

Mēnĭānum, v. Maen-.

† mēninga, ae, f., = μῆνιγξ, the membrane which covers the brain, Theod. Prisc. 2, 2, 9.

Mēninx, ngis, f., = Μῆνιγξ, an island off the coast of Africa, near the Lesser Syrtis, the modern Jerbah, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41; Liv. 22, 31, 2 (Weissenb. Menige); Mel. 2, 7, 7; Sol. 27, 40; Sil. 3, 318.

mēnĭon, ii, n., the name of a plant, also called menogenion, App. Herb. 64.

Mĕnippĕus, a, um, v. Menippus.

Mĕnippus, i, m., = Μένιππος.

  1. I. A Cynic philosopher famous for his bitter sarcasms, whence Varro gave to his satires the name of Menippeae, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8; Gell. 2, 18, 7; Macr. S. 1, 11, 42; 1, 7, 12; Arn. 6, 207.
  2. II. A great Asiatic orator in the time of Cicero, from Stratonice, Cic. Brut. 91, 315.

† mēnis, ĭdis, f., = μηνίς, a little halfmoon, crescent, placed as an ornament at the beginning of books (post-class.): a primā menide libri, i. e. from the beginning, Aus. Prof. 25, 1.

* Mēnĭus, i, m., = Μήνιος, son of Lycaon, Ov. Ib. 472.

* Mennis, is, f., a city of Assyria, in Adiabene, Curt. 5, 1, 15.

* mennonĭa, ae, f., a reading for memnonia, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.

Mĕnoeceus, ĕi and ĕos, m., = Μενοικευς, son of the Theban king Creon, who sacrificed kimself for his country, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; Juv. 14, 240; Stat. Th. 10, 620; 651; 11, 709 al.; Hyg. Fab. 67.
Hence, Mĕnoecĕus, a um, adj., of or belonging to Menœceus, Menœcean, Stat. Th. 10, 756.

* Mĕnoetes, is, acc. en, m., = Μενοίτης.

  1. I. One of the companions of Æneas: compellat voce Menoetem, Verg. A. 5, 161.
  2. II. An Arcadian slain by Turnus, Verg. A. 12, 517.

Mĕnoetĭus, ii, m., = Μενοίτιος, the son of Actor and father of Patroclus, one of the Argonauts, Hyg. Fab. 14 and 97.
Hence, Mĕnoetĭădes, ae, m., = Μενοιτιάδης, the son of Menœtius, i. e. Patroclus, the friend of Achilles, Prop. 2, 1, 38.

Mēnŏgĕnes, is, m.,

  1. I. a Roman sur name, i. e. of the consul M. Messala, Val. Max. 9, 14, 5; Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 54.
  2. II. A famous sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 88.

† mēnogĕnĭon, ii, n., = μήνη (moon) and γένειον (chin), a plant good for the cure of somnambulism, App. Herb. 64.

† mēnŏīdes = μηνοειδής, the moon during her first days, the new moon, Firm. Math. 4 praef. fin.

† Mĕnōn, ōnis. m., = Μένων, the name of one of Plato’s dialogues, Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57.

† Mēnŏtyrannus, i, m., = μηνοτύ ραννος, lord of the months, Inscr. Fabr. p. 666, 522; Inscr. Grut. 28, 6 al.

mens, mentis (nom. sing. mentis: terra corpus est, at mentis ignis est, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 764 P.; so too, istic est de sole sumptus; isque totus mentis est, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll.; cf. Enn. p. 168, v. 6 and 7 Vahl.), f. [from the root men, whence memini, q. v., and comminiscor], the mind, disposition; the heart, soul (class.).

  1. I. In gen.: fusi sine mente ac sine sensu ullo jaceant, Enn. ap. Non. 312, 26 (Ann. v. 134 Vahl.): nubilam mentem Animi habeo, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 6: mens animi, Cat. 65, 4: mens animi vigilat, Lucr. 4, 758: mala mens, malus animus, bad disposition, bad heart, Ter. And. 1, 1, 137: hominum erga se mentes, feelings, sentiments, Suet. Calig. 60: mens mollis ad calamitates perferendas, Caes. B. G. 3, 19: humanae mentis vitium … saeva cupido, Juv. 14, 175.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. The conscience: cum vero jurato sententia dicenda est, meminerit, deum se adhibere testem, id est ut ego arbitror, mentem suam, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44: auditor, cui frigida mens est crimi nibus, Juv. 1, 166: quos diri conscia fact, Mens habet attonitos et surdo verbere caedit, id. 13, 194.
    2. B. The intellectual faculties, the mind, understanding, intellect, reason, judgment, discernment, consideration, reflection, etc.: mens, cui regnum totius animi (soul) a naturā tributum est, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11: animus ita est constitutus, ut habeat praestantiam mentis, id. Fin. 5, 12, 34: deorum mente atque ratione omnem mundum administrari et regi, id. N. D. 1, 2, 4: mente complecti aliquid, to comprehend, understand, id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37: sanum mentis esse, to be of sound mind, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 53: mens sana in corpore sano, Juv 10, 356: mentis suae esse, to be in one’s right mind, in one’s senses, Cic. Pis. 21, 50; so, mentis compotem esse, id. ib. 20, 48: captus mente, out of his senses, beside himself, mad (cf. menceps), id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Paul. Sent. 3, 4, a, 11: mentem amittere, to lose one’s mind, Cic. Har. Resp. 15. 31: mentis inops, Ov. H. 15, 139: huic ex tempore dicenti effluit mens, his recollection vanished, Cic. Brut. 61, 218: quis est tam vecors, qui ea, quae tanta mente fiunt, casu putet posse fieri? id. Har. Resp. 9, 19: vobis dent mentem oportet (di), ut prohibeatis, sicut mihi dederunt, ut, etc., Liv. 6, 18: quid tibi istuc in mentem venit? what comes into your mind? what are you thinking of? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 34: modo hercle in mentem venit, id. As. 3, 2, 42: venit hoc mihi in mentem, te, etc., id. Aul. 2, 2, 49: venit in mentem, ut, etc., id. Curc. 4, 4, 2.
      With inf., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 31.
      With nom.: miserae ubi venit in mentem mortis metus, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 23: servi venere in mentem calliditates, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 13: quotiescumque patria in mentem veniret, Liv. 5, 54, 3; 8, 5, 10; Quint. 12, 9, 13; cf.: numquam ea res tibi tam belle in mentem venire potuisset, Cic. Att. 12, 37, 2; id. Har. Resp. 26, 55.
      With gen. (so mostly in Cic.): non minus saepe ei venit in mentem potestatis, quam aequitatis tuae, he bethought himself of, Cic. Quint. 2, 6: tibi tuarum virtutum veniat in mentem, id. de Or 2, 61, 249: venit mihi Platonis in mentem, id. Fin. 5, 1, 2: solet mihi in mentem venire illius temporis, id. Fam. 7, 3, 1.
    3. C. Mind, thought, plan, purpose, intention, design. quā facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentem, Verg. A. 1, 676: ut nemini dubium esse debeat, quin reliquo tempore eādem mente sim futurus, Nep. Hann. 2, 5: Dolabella classem eā mente comparavit, ut, Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1: mentes deorum scrutari in fibris, Ov. M. 15, 136: ferro percussit, sed non occidendi mente, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 6, 3: poenae modus ex mente facientis statui potest, ib. 13, 3, 2: in mente est mihi dormire, I have a mind to, Petr. 21.
    4. D. Spirit, boldness, courage: addere mentem, to give courage to, Hor Ep. 2, 2, 36: demittunt mentes, lose courage, Verg. A. 12, 609 (cf. animus).
    5. E. Personified: Mens, the goddess of thought, whose festival was held on the eighth of June, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19: Menti aedem T. Octacilius praetor vovit, Liv. 22, 10; cf. Ov. F. 6, 241.

mensa, ae, f [Sanscr, ma, measure; Gr. μέτρον; cf. manus, mane, etc.], a table for any purpose, as a dining-table; a market-stand for meat, vegetables, etc.; a money-dealer’s table or counter, a sacrificial table, etc.

  1. I. Lit. Of the table itself as a fabrid: non ferre mensam nisi crebris distinctam venis, Sen. Dial. 3, 35, 5: mensa inanis nunc si adponatur mihi, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26: cibos in mensam alicui apponere, id. Men. 1, 3, 29: surgunt a mensā saturi, poti, id. Ps. 1, 3, 62: ad mensam consistere. to wait at table, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 61: auferre mensam, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 14: apud mensam, at table, id. Trin. 2, 4, 77; Gell. 2, 22, 1; 19, 7, 2: arae vicem praestare posse mensam dicatam, Macr. S. 3, 11, 5.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Food; a table, meal, course: quocum mensam sermonesque suos impertit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 240 Vahl.): communicabo te semper mensā meā, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 51: ita mensas exstruit, id. Men. 1, 1, 25: parciore mensā uti, Tac. A. 13, 16: Italicae Syracusiaeque mensae, Cic. Tusc. 5, 35, 100: cui Quintus de mensa misit, id. Att. 5, 1, 4; so, parāsti mensam adversus eos qui tribulant me, Vulg. Psa. 23, 5: una mensa, at a single meal, Juv. 1, 138: prior, proxima mensa, the first, the second rank at table; the first or second in esteem: Raeticis uvis prior mensa erat, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 9, 17, 29, § 63: secunda mensa, the second course, the dessert (at which much wine was used), Cels 1, 2: haec ad te scripsi, appositā secundā mensā, during the dessert, Cic. Att. 14, 6, 2; 14, 21, 4: Agesilaus coronas secundamque mensam servis dispertiit, Nep Ages. 8, 4: secunda mensa bono stomacho nihil nocet, Cels. 1, 2, fin.: mensae tempore, meal-time, Juv. 13, 211.
    2. B. The guests at table: cum primum istorum conduxit mensa choragum, Suet. Aug. 70.
    3. C. A money-changer’s counter: decem minas dum hic solvit, omnis mensas transiit, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 4: mensam poni jubet atque Effundi saccos nummorum, Hor. S. 2, 3, 148: nummulariorum, Vulg. Matt. 21, 12: publica, a public bank, Cic. Fl. 19, 44; id. Pis. 36, 88.
    4. D. A butcher’s table: mensa lanionia, butcher’s stall, shambles, Suet. Claud. 15.
    5. E. Mensa lusoria, a gaming-table (late Lat.), Aug. Conf. 8, 6.
  3. F. A sacrificial table: Curiales mensae, in quibus immolabatur Junoni, quae Curis est appellata, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Curiales, p. 64 Müll.: mensae deorum, Verg. A. 2, 764: Jovis mensa, Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105: a small altar: super tumulum statuere, Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66.
  4. G. The long flat part, the table, of a military engine (e. g. of a catapult), Vitr. 10, 16.
  5. H. A stand or platform on which slaves were exposed for sale: servus de mensā paratus, App. M. 8, p. 213; id. Mag. 17, p. 285, 15.

mensālis, e, adj. [mensa], of or belonging to the table, table- (post-class.): argentum mensale, silver table-service, Vop. Tac. 10: vinum, Auct. ap. Vop. Aurel. 9, 6: citharae species mensalis, Diom. 479, 12.

mensārĭus, a, um, adj. [mensa], of or belonging to the table or counter; only subst.

  1. I. mensārĭus, ii, m., a money-changer, banker
    1. A. In gen.: mensaril nummularii, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124, 17 Müll.: Cassius Parmens. ap. Suet. Aug. 4.
    2. B. In partic., a public banker, who regulated the paying out of public moneys, Cic. Fl. 19, 44: quinqueviris creatis, quos mensarlos ab dispensatione pecuniae appellārunt, Liv. 7, 21: mensarii triumviri, id. 23, 21; 26, 36.
  2. II. Mensārĭum, ii, n., table furniture, a table-cloth: collarium, quod in collo est.: mensarium, quod in mensā est, Prisc. p. 590 P.

mensātim, adv. [mensa], by tables, from table to table (late Lat.), Juvenc. 3, 214.

* mensĭo, ōnis, f. [metior], a measuring, measure: vocum, metre, quantity, Cic. Or. 53, 177.

mensis, is (gen. plur. regularly mensium; freq. mensum, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 78; Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22; id. Verr 2, 74, 182 al.; Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3; Ov. M. 8, 500; id. F. 5, 187; 424; Liv. 3, 24, 4; 3, 25, 4; Plin. 7, 11, 9, § 49 et saep.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1. p. 265 sq.), m. [root ma-, measure; Sanscr mas; Gr. μην, the measure of time; cf. Goth. mena; Germ. Mond; Engl. moon, month], a month.

  1. I. Lit.: mensium nomina, Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33 Müll.; Censor 22: hunc mensem vortentem servare, the return of this month, i. e. a full year, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76: septem menses sunt. quom in hasce aedis pedem nemo mtro tulit, id Most. 2, 2, 39: lunae cursus qui, quia mensa spatia conficiunt, menses nominantur, Cic. N D 2, 27, 69: annūm novūm voluerunt esse primum mensem Martium, Atta ap Serv. Verg. G. 1, 43: primo mense, at the beginning of the month, Verg. A. 6, 453: regnavit is quidem paucos menses, Cic. Lael. 12, 41; Hor C. 2, 9, 6.
    1. B. Esp., plur., the months, i. e. the fixed time, the period: mensis jam tibi actos vides, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2.
  2. II. Transf., esp. in plur., the menses: prodest mulierum mensibus retardatis, Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 156; 22, 22, 40, § 83; 22, 25, 71, § 147; 23, 7, 71, § 138 et saep.
    In sing.: a muliere incitati mensis, Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 267; 28, 7, 23, § 77.
    Transf., of female animals, the yearly flux, Varr. R. R. 2, 7 med.

mensor, ōris, m. [metior], a measurer (post Aug.).

  1. I. In gen.: te maris, et terrae, numeroque carentis arenae Mensorem cohibent, Archyta, Hor. C. 1, 28, 1: frumentarius, a corn-measurer, Paul. Dig. 27, 1, 26.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A surveyor: non agricolae sed mensoris officium esse dicebam, Col. 6, 1: cautus humum longo signavit limite mensor, Ov. M. 1, 136.
    2. B. An architect, Plin. Ep. 10, 27, 5; 10, 18, 3; Inscr. Orell. 3223.
    3. C. Milit. t. t.
      1. 1. An engineer, Amm. 19, 11, 8; Cassiod. Var. 3, 52.
      2. 2. One who measures out the ground for an encampment, a quartermaster, Veg. Mil. 2, 7, Cod. Th. 7, 8, 4; Inscr. Orell. 3473.

mensōrĭum, i, n. [mensor], a basket (late Lat.): caput Johannis in mensorio accipere, Cassiod. H. E. 10, 15.

menstrŭa, ōrum, v. menstruus.

menstrŭālis, e, adj. [menstruus], monthly, every month, for a month.

  1. I. In gen.: epulae, i. e. free entertainment for a month, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 23: sphaera, Prud. στεφ. 10, 538.
  2. II. Of or belonging to the monthly courses of women, menstrual (post-Aug.): solum animal menstruale mulier est, Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63: mulier men strualis, menstrual, id. 19, 10, 57, § 177: pannus, Marc. Emp. 35: tempus, Vulg. Lev 15, 25.

menstrŭo, āre, v. n. and a. [id.].

    1. 1. Neutr., to have a monthly term, to be men struant (post-class.): mulier menstruans, Pall. 1, 35, 3.
  • II. Act., to pollute; trop.: pannus menstruatae justitiae nostrae, polluted, Vulg. Isa. 64, 6; cf. id. Ezech. 18, 6.

    • menstrŭum, i, v. menstruus.

    menstrŭus, a, um, adj. [mensis].

        1. 1. Of or belonging to a month, that happens every month, monthly.
      1. A. In gen. (class.): ferias menstruas edicere, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll.: usura, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: ventorum ratio, Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.
        1. 2. Subst.
            1. (α) menstrŭa, ōrum, n., the monthly sacri fices: ad menstrua solvenda montem ascendunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 492, 32.
            2. (β) menstrŭum, i, n.: menstruum meum Calend Septembr finitur, a monthly term of office, monthly service, Plin. Ep. 10, 24, 3.
      2. B. In partic., of or belonging to monthly purgations, to menstruation, menstruous: menstruae purgationes, Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 132: cursus, id. 11, 39, 94, § 230: sanguis, Vulg. Lev. 15, 25.
        As subst.: menstrŭa, ōrum, n., monthly purgations, menses, catamenia, Cels. 6, 6, 38: ciere, Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 65: sedare, id. 20, 14, 54, § 154.
        In sing., Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78.
        Of female animals: canis, menstruous, Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 98.
    1. II. That lasts a month, for the space of a month, monthly: vita menstrua. Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 30: spatium, id. N. D. 1, 31, 87: menstrua cibaria. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 72.
      As subst.: men-strŭum, i, n., a month’s provisions, Liv. 44, 2.

    mensŭālis, e, adj. [mensis], of a month, monthly (post-class.): numerus, Gromat. Vet. p. 393, 12: speculatio, id. ib. p. 415, 13: stipendia, Fulg. Contin. Virg. p. 142, 3.

    mensŭla, ae, f. dim. [mensis], a little table (ante-class. and post-Aug.), Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150; Petr. 136; App. M. 2, 11, p. 119.

    mensŭlārĭus, ii, m. [mensula], a money-changer (post-Aug.), Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 2; Dig. 42, 5, 24, § 2; 2, 11, 47, § 1.

    mensūra. ae, f. [metior], a measuring, measure (class.).

    1. I. 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.
    2. II. 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.
      1. B. 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.

    mensūrābĭlis, e, adj. [mensura], that can be measured, measurable (post-class.): spatium, Prud. Apoth. 881.
    Hence, men-sūrābĭlĭter, adv., measurably, Aug. Specul. 20.

    mensūrālis, e, adj. [mensura], of or belonging to measuring, measuring- (post-class.): mensuralis linea, Sicul. Fl. p. 19 Goes.
    Plur. as subst.: mensūrālia, ium, n., the title of a work by Varro, Prisc. p. 817 P.
    Hence, adv.: mensūrālĭter, by measure (post-class.), Hyg. de Limit. p. 167 Goes.

    mensūrātĭo, ōnis, f. [mensuro], a measuring, mensuration (post-class.): jugeri, Auct. de Limit. p. 264 Goes.: agrorum, Jul. Vict. Art. Rhet. 3, 5; p. 379, 12 Halm.

    mensūrātor, is, m. [mensuro], a measurer (late Lat.), Hier. in Psa. 44.

    mensurnus, a, um, adj. [mensis], monthly (for the more usual menstruus): spatium, * Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39 (acc. to Prisc. p 595 P.; B. and K. menstrui spatii); so Novat. de Trinit.: divisiones. Cypr. Ep. 34.

    mensūro, 1, v. a. [mensura],

    1. I. to measure (post-class.): fossa mensuratur, Veg. Mil. 1, 25; Gromat. Vet. p. 232, 9: fines, Hilar. in Psa. 15, 8: longitudinem, Vulg. Ezech. 45, 3; 48, 30 al.
    2. II. Trop., to measure, estimate: suas opes viresque suorum, Coripp. Laud. Just. 3, 372.
      Hence, mensūratē, adv., by measurement, Cassiod. in Psa. 69, 5.

    1. mensus, a, um, Part., from metior.

    2. mensus. ūs (only in abl. sing.), m. [metior], a measuring, measure, v. l. ap. App. de Mundo, p. 253 dub.

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