menstruus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from bimēnstris, ultimately from mēnsis (“month”). Suffix after annuus.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.stru.us/, [ˈmẽːs̠t̪ruʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.stru.us/, [ˈmɛnst̪ruːs]
Adjective[edit]
mēnstruus (feminine mēnstrua, neuter mēnstruum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mēnstruus | mēnstrua | mēnstruum | mēnstruī | mēnstruae | mēnstrua | |
| Genitive | mēnstruī | mēnstruae | mēnstruī | mēnstruōrum | mēnstruārum | mēnstruōrum | |
| Dative | mēnstruō | mēnstruō | mēnstruīs | ||||
| Accusative | mēnstruum | mēnstruam | mēnstruum | mēnstruōs | mēnstruās | mēnstrua | |
| Ablative | mēnstruō | mēnstruā | mēnstruō | mēnstruīs | |||
| Vocative | mēnstrue | mēnstrua | mēnstruum | mēnstruī | mēnstruae | mēnstrua | |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “menstruus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “menstruus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- menstruus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “menstruus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 71