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feminine: dimensa
neutral: dimensum
masculine: dimensus

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Etymology of the Latin word dimensus

the Latin word dimensus (regular; measured)

derived from the Latin word dimetiri (measure out, off)

using the Latin prefix dis-

derived from the Classical Latin word metiri (measure, estimate; distribute)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *me-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mē-