mensura

mēnsūra ae, f

metior, a measuring, measurement : mensurae itinerum, Cs.: certae ex aquā mensurae, i. e. by the water-clock , Cs.: quicquid sub aurium mensuram aliquam cadat, numerus vocatur.— A measure, standard of measurement : cumulatiore mensurā uti: qui modus mensurae medimnus appellatur, N.: de mensurā ius dicere, Iu.— Measure, extent : roboris, girth , O.: parvā minor mensura lacertā est, size , O.: sed deerat pisci patinae mensura, was too small , Iu.: mensura censūs, fortune , Iu.—Fig., a limit, capacity, power, extent, degree : tibi dabitur mensura bibendi, O.: qui tanti mensuram nominis imples, i. e. art worthy of , O.: sui, i. e. capacity , Iu.