. "Food; a table, meal, course : prior, proxima mensa, the first, the second rank at table; the first or second in esteem : secunda mensa, the second course, the dessert , fin." . "Food; a table, meal, course : prior, proxima mensa, the first, the second rank at table; the first or second in esteem : secunda mensa, the second course, the dessert , fin." . .