mensor

mensor
mensor, ōris, m. [metior], a measurer (post Aug.).
I.
In gen.:

te maris, et terrae, numeroque carentis arenae Mensorem cohibent, Archyta,

 Hor. C. 1, 28, 1:

frumentarius,

 a corn-measurer, Paul. Dig. 27, 1, 26.—
II.
In partic.
A.
A surveyor:

non agricolae sed mensoris officium esse dicebam,

 Col. 6, 1:

cautus humum longo signavit limite mensor,

 Ov. M. 1, 136.—
B.
An architect, Plin. Ep. 10, 27, 5; 10, 18, 3; Inscr. Orell. 3223.—
C.
Milit. t. t.
1.
An engineer, Amm. 19, 11, 8; Cassiod. Var. 3, 52.—
2.
One who measures out the ground for an encampment, a quartermaster, Veg. Mil. 2, 7, Cod. Th. 7, 8, 4; Inscr. Orell. 3473.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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