menstruus

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Latin

Etymology

Back-formation from bimēnstris, ultimately from mēnsis (“month”). Suffix after annuus.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

mēnstruus (feminine mēnstrua, neuter mēnstruum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a month.
  2. That happens every month, monthly.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative mēnstruus mēnstrua mēnstruum mēnstruī mēnstruae mēnstrua
genitive mēnstruī mēnstruae mēnstruī mēnstruōrum mēnstruārum mēnstruōrum
dative mēnstruō mēnstruae mēnstruō mēnstruīs
accusative mēnstruum mēnstruam mēnstruum mēnstruōs mēnstruās mēnstrua
ablative mēnstruō mēnstruā mēnstruō mēnstruīs
vocative mēnstrue mēnstrua mēnstruum mēnstruī mēnstruae mēnstrua

Derived terms

References

  • “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.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “menstruus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 71
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