menstruum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin mēnstruum (“menstrual discharge”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.stɹʊəm/ === Noun === menstruum (plural menstruums or menstrua) (chiefly in the plural, historical) The menses; menstrual discharge. [from 14th c.] (historical) A solvent. [from 16th c.] Any liquid medium ==== Derived terms ==== == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmẽː.stru.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛn.stru.um] === Etymology 1 === Substantive of mēnstruus (“of or pertaining to a month, monthly”), from mēnsis (“month”). ==== Noun ==== mēnstruum n (genitive mēnstruī); second declension a monthly payment a monthly term of office or service (in the plural) menstrual discharge ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter). ===== Derived terms ===== mēnstruō mēnstruālis === Etymology 2 === Inflected form of mēnstruus (“of or pertaining to a month, monthly”). ==== Adjective ==== mēnstruum inflection of mēnstruus: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular accusative masculine singular === References === “menstruum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “menstruum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “menstruum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “menstruum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin