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|lshtext=<b>menstrŭus</b>: a, um, adj. [[mensis]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of or belonging to a [[month]], [[that]] happens [[every]] [[month]], [[monthly]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; menstrŭa, ōrum, n., the [[monthly]] sacri fices: ad [[menstrua]] solvenda montem ascendunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 492, 32. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; menstrŭum, i, n.: [[menstruum]] [[meum]] Calend Septembr finitur, a [[monthly]] [[term]] of [[office]], [[monthly]] [[service]], Plin. Ep. 10, 24, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., of or belonging to [[monthly]] purgations, to menstruation, menstruous: menstruae purgationes, Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 132: [[cursus]], id. 11, 39, 94, § 230: [[sanguis]], Vulg. Lev. 15, 25. —As subst.: menstrŭa, ōrum, n., [[monthly]] purgations, menses, catamenia, Cels. 6, 6, 38: ciere, Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 65: sedare, id. 20, 14, 54, § 154.—In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>, Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78.—Of [[female]] animals: [[canis]], menstruous, Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 98.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.