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.