Mensor, mensôris, m. g. Verb. Col. He that layeth out the boundts of landes, betweene man and man, or towne and towne.Mensores. Veget. They that appoint out the grounde where an armie shall lie.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
mensor, ōris, m. [metior], a measurer (post Aug.). 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.—II. In partic. A.A surveyor: non agricolae sed mensoris officium esse dicebam, Col. 6, 1: cautus humum longo signavit limite mensor, Ov. M. 1, 136.— B.An architect, Plin. Ep. 10, 27, 5; 10, 18, 3; Inscr. Orell. 3223.—C.Milit. t. t.1.An engineer, Amm. 19, 11, 8; Cassiod. Var. 3, 52.—2.One who measures out the ground for an encampment, a quartermaster, Veg. Mil. 2, 7, Cod. Th. 7, 8, 4; Inscr. Orell. 3473.