Mensis, huius mensis. Cic.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.
Metior, metîri., pen. prod. mensus sum, metíri. Cic.To meate or measure: to passe or go ouer: to esteeme: to indge.Interuallis æqualibus aliquid metiri.Cic.To draw out with equall spaces betweene.Agrum aliquem metiri.Cic.Frumentum metiri.Cic.Parcè & paulatim metiri frumentum. Cæsar. To serue out corne sparingly by litle and litle.Mundi magnitudinem metiri.Cic.Stipendium. Curt. In hasta. metiri se. Stat.Aunum metiri sol dicitur.Ouid.Æternitas nulla temporis circunscriptione metitur.Cicer.Euerlastingnesse hath no boundes or limits of time.Oculo metiri aliquid. Horat. To ouerlooke.Prospectu metior æquora.Ouid.I looke vpon the seas.Animo metiri aliquid.Ouid.To consider in minde.Pectus alicuius metiri cuspide. Silu. To thrust one through the breast with his speare.Pedibus metiri aliquid.Cic.To passe or goe ouer. Metiri gradibus, pro Abire.Plaut.To goe away.Iter cursu metiens. Catul. Metiri.Virg.To passe ouer.Aquas metiri carina.Ouid.To sayle or passe ouer the seas with a shippe. Auribus sonantia omnia metiri.Ouid. Metiri.To esteeme or iudge.Cic. Conuiuiorum delectationem cœtu amicorum & sermonibus metiebar. I did esteeme the pleasautnesse of bankets by the good company offriendes and honest talke.Metiri summum bonum suis commodis.Cic.To measure or iudge the shoote anker of all goodnesse by his owne commodtries.Omnia quæ ad beatam vitam pertineant, ventre metiri.Cic.To esteeme felicitie and happy lyfe to rest in nothing but banketting or making good cheere.Metiri omnia dignitate, non ambitione.Cic.Angustè rantos metiris honores.Stat.Thou doest not sufficiently esteeme so great honours.Modum diuitiarum, ex eo quantum cuique satis est, homines metiuntur.Cic.Metiens aliorum in se odium suo in alios odio.Liu.Esteeming other mens hatred toward him, by his toward other men.Vitijs hominum, non rerum euentu metienda sunt peccata.Cic.Offences are to be esteemed.Suo modulo ac pede metiri se. Horat. Studia nostra naturæ regula metiamur.Cic.
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mensis, is (gen. plur. regularly mensium; freq. mensum, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 78; Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22; id. Verr 2, 74, 182 al.; Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3; Ov. M. 8, 500; id. F. 5, 187; 424; Liv. 3, 24, 4; 3, 25, 4; Plin. 7, 11, 9, 49 et saep.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1. p. 265 sq.), m. [root ma-, measure; Sanscr mas; Gr. mhn, the measure of time; cf. Goth. mena; Germ. Mond; Engl. moon, month], a month. 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.
mētĭor, mensus (post-class. metītus, Dig. 32, 1, 52), 4, v. dep. [Sanscr. ma, to measure; cf. Gr. me/-tron, Lat. modus], to measure, mete (lands, corn); also, to measure or mete out, to deal out, distribute by measure (class.). I.Lit.: metiri agrum, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 2: frumentum, id. Verr. 2, 3, 83, 192: sol, quem metiri non possunt, id. Ac. 2, 41, 128: magnitudinem mundi, id. Off. 1, 43, 154: nummos, to measure one's money, i. e. to have a great abundance of it, Hor. S. 1, 1, 95: nummos modio, Petr. S. 37: se ad candelabrum, id. ib. 75: pedes syllabis,
to measure by syllables
, Cic. Or. 57, 194: frumentum militibus metiri, Caes. B. G. 1, 16: cum exercitu frumentum metiri oporteret, id. ib. 1, 23; 7, 71: Caecubum, Hor. Epod. 9, 36: quis mensus est pugillo aquas?Vulg. Isa. 40, 12: tantus acervus fuit, ut metientibus dimidium super tres modios explesse, sint quidam auctores, Liv. 23, 12.—B.Poet. transf., to measure a distance, i. e. to pass, walk, or sail through or over, to traverse: Sacram metiente te viam (of the measured pace of a proud person), Hor. Epod. 4, 7: aequor curru,
to sail through
, Verg. G. 4, 389: aquas carinā, Ov. M. 9, 446: tu, cursu, dea menstruo metiens iter annuom,
, Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 11.—II.Trop., to measure, estimate, judge one thing by another; also simply to measure, estimate, judge of, set a value on a thing. (a). With abl. of the standard of comparison, or the means of judgment: sonantia metiri auribus, Cic. Or. 68, 227: oculo latus, Hor. S. 1, 2, 103: omnia quaestu,
by profit
, Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 111: qui nihil alterius causa faciet et metietur suis commodis omnia, id. Leg. 1, 14, 41: vides igitur, si amicitiam sua caritate metiare, nihil esse praestantius, id. Fin. 2, 26, 85: vim eloquentiae sua facultate non rei natura, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4, 10: omnia voluptate, id. Fam. 7, 12, 2: studia utilitate, Quint. 12, 11, 29: magnos homines virtute, non fortuna, Nep. Eum. 1: usum pecuniae non magnitudine, sed ratione, Cic. Att. 14: officia utilitate, Lact. 6, 11, 12: odium in se aliorum suo in eos metiens odio, Liv. 3, 54: pericula suo metu, Sall. C. 31, 2: peccata vitiis, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20: aetatem nostram non spatio senectutis, sed tempore adulescentiae, Quint. 12, 11, 13.—(b). With ex (very rare): fidelitas, quam ego ex mea conscientiā metior, Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2: ex eo, quantum cuique satis est, metiuntur homines divitiarum modum, id. Par. 6, 1, 14.—(g). With ad: nec se metitur ad illum quem dedit haec (paupertas) posuitque modum, i. e.
accommodates herself
, Juv. 6, 358.—(d).Absol. (post-Aug.): metiri ac diligenter aestimare vires suas, Quint. 6, 1, 45: pondera sua, Mart. 12, 100, 8: sua regna, Luc. 8, 527. —(e) With quod: quanto metiris pretio, quod, etc., Juv. 9, 72.—B.To traverse. go over, pass through: late Aequora prospectu metior alta meo, Ov. H. 10, 28: tot casus, tot avia, Val. Fl. 5, 476: jamque duas lucis partes Hyperione menso, Ov. M. 8, 564.—C.To measure out, deal to any one, treat one well or ill: mensurā quā mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis, Vulg. Luc. 6, 38; cf. id. Matt. 7, 2.!*? In pass. signif., to be measured: agri glebatim metiebantur, Lact. Mort. Persec. 23, 2: an sol pedis unius latitudine metiatur, Arn. 2, 86.—Part. perf.: mensus, a, um, measured off: mensa spatia conficere, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 69.—As subst.: bene mensum dabo,