menstruus

menstrŭus, a, um, adj. [mensis].

1.

Of or belonging to a month, that happens every month, monthly.

A.

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.—

2.

Subst.

(α).

menstrŭa, ōrum, n., the monthly sacri fices: ad menstrua solvenda montem ascendunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 492, 32. —

(β).

menstrŭum, i, n.:

menstruum meum Calend Septembr finitur,

a monthly term of office, monthly service, Plin. Ep. 10, 24, 3.—

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 sing., Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78.—Of female animals:

canis,

menstruous, Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 98.—

II.

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.