mēnsis

mēns-is uital.-lat. Monat

Pronunciation

• mēnsis: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.sis/, [ˈmẽːs̠ɪs̠]
• mēnsis: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.sis/, [ˈmɛnsis]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *mēnsis, extended from *mēns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”), referring to the moon's phases as the measure of time. Cognate with Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn), μήνη (mḗnē), English month, Scots moneth (“month”), Lithuanian mėnesis (“month”), North Frisian muunt (“month”), Saterland Frisian Mound (“month”), Dutchmaand (“month”), German Low German Maand, Monat (“month”), German Monat (“month”), Danish måned (“month”), Swedish månad (“month”), Icelandic mánuður (“month”), Armenian ամիս (amis), Old Irish mí, Old Church Slavonic мѣсѧць (měsęcĭ).

Noun

mēnsis m (genitive mēnsis); third declension

1. month

Inflection

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mēnsis	mēnsēs
Genitive	mēnsis	mēnsium mēnsum
Dative	mēnsī	mēnsibus
Accusative	mēnsem	mēnsēs mēnsīs
Ablative	mēnse	mēnsibus
Vocative	mēnsis	mēnsēs