mēnsa ae, f
mensos, P. of metior,
a table
: ad mensam consistere,
wait at table
: Qui dapibus mensas onerent, V.:
acernā, O.: carā piscīs avertere mensā,
fishmonger's board
, H.—
A table, meal, course
: Italicae mensae: lucis pars ultima mensae Est
data,
supper
, O.: unā mensā,
at a single meal
, Iu.: secunda,
an after-feast
, i. e.
thank-offering
, V.: secundas nux ornabat mensas,
dessert
, H.: secundamque mensam servis
dispertiit, N.: mensae tempore,
meal-time
, Iu.—
A money-changer's counter
: mensam poni iubet, H.: publica,
a public bank.—A sacrificial table, alter
: mensae deorum, V.: super tumulum mensam statuere.
