mensor Latin · revision 10140

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *meh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmẽː.sɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmɛn.sor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mēnsor''' ''m'' (genitive mēnsōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|mētior|-tor|t1=to measure]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains ⟨mētior⟩ as a denominative of a noun ⟨*mēti-⟩, [[ine-pro|*meh₁-ti-|t=measurement]], cognate with [[grc|μῆτις|tr=mêtis|t=skill]] and [[sa|मिमीते|tr=mímīte|t=measures]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Lucilius.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Lucilius c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant one who measures or computes, a measurer, as in Horace's ''maris et terrae mēnsōrem'' “measurer of sea and land”; a land surveyor, as in Columella and Ovid; and in the Digest a measurer.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means measurer, surveyor.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of a surveyor.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|measurer]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A land [[m|en|surveyor]].^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[mēnsōrius]]

+ * [[agrimēnsor]]

+ * [[mēnsōrium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mētior]]

+ * [[mēnsūra]]

+ * [[mēnsa]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}