A moneth. Augustus mensis, vide AVGVSTVS. De mense Decembri. Cic. Gelidi menses. Claud. Intercalaris mensis, Vide INTERCALO. Pauci menses, vide PAVCVS. Sextilis mensis. Horat. The moneth of August. Si ineant oportuno & recto mense. Plin. Tardi menses. Virg. Mensis abit. Terent. A moneth passeth. Agitur mensis, Vide AGO. Exactis mensibus grauidæ errant. Virgil. Occupare primos menses, Vide OCCVPO. Incipiunt magni procedere menses. Virg. Pronos voluit menses Luna. Horatius. Moneths passe away apace with the course of the Moone. Menses, in plurali, pro Menstruis mulierum. Plin. The flowers or naturall purgation of women monthly: theyr termes. Abundantia mensium. Pli. Excessiue voyding of the flowers. Monstrifici menses. Plin. Menses mulierum abundant, vel subsidunt. Plin. The termes eyther come abondantly, or stay. Euocare menses. Plin. To prouoke the flowers. Menses fœminarum trahere dicitur mastiche condrili. Plin. Commorantes menses trahit lens. Plin. Mensis etiam in singulari idem significat. Plin.

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.—

B. Esp., plur., the months, i. e. the fixed time, the period: mensis jam tibi actos vides, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 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.