I.to measure (post-class.): “fossa mensuratur,” Veg. Mil. 1, 25; “Gromat. Vet. p. 232, 9: fines, Hilar. in Psa. 15, 8: longitudinem,” Vulg. Ezech. 45, 3; 48, 30 al.—
II. Trop., to measure, estimate: suas opes viresque suorum, Coripp. Laud. Just. 3, 372.—Hence, mensūratē , adv., by measurement, Cassiod. in Psa. 69, 5.