Menstruus, Adiectiuum. Of a moneth. vt Menstruum spatium. Cic.A moneths space.Menstrua aduersaria.Cic.Rolles or registers for a monethes space.Cibaria menstrua.Cic.Victuall for a moneth.Cursus menstruus Lunæ. Catul. Cursus menstrui, Menstrua muliebria. Plin. Luna menstrua.Virg. Vita menstrua. Cic.Opus menstruum. Cice. Vsura menstrua. Cic. Menstruum, menstrui, n. g. numero singulari. Plini. Prouision, vittaile, or wages giuen to a souldiour for a moneth.
menstrŭus, a, um, adj. [mensis]. 1.Of or belonging to a month, that happens every month, monthly. 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.—2.Subst.(a). menstrŭa, ōrum, n., the monthly sacri fices: ad menstrua solvenda montem ascendunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 492, 32. —(b). menstrŭum, i, n.: menstruum meum Calend Septembr finitur,
, Plin. 29, 5, 32, 98.—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.