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assensus (ads- ), ūs, m. assentior,
I.an agreement, assent, approval, approbation.
I. In gen.: “adsensu omnium dicere,Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4: “volgi adsensu et populari approbatione,id. Brut. 49, 185: “omnium adsensu,Liv. 5, 9; 8, 5; 8, 4 fin.; cf. id. 3, 72: “adsensu senatūs,Plin. Pan. 71: “adsensum consequi agendo,id. Ep. 7, 6, 13; so Tac. A. 14, 12; 15, 22; Suet. Aug. 68; id. Tib. 45 et saep.—In the plur.: dicta Jovis pars voce probant; “alii partes assensibus implent,Ov. M. 1, 245; 8, 604: “hinc ingentes exciri adsensus,Tac. Or. 10 fin.—Also joyful, loud assent: “exposuit cum ingenti adsensu,Liv. 27, 51.—
II. Esp.
A. In philos. lang., like assensio, an assent to the reality of sensible appearances: “concedam illum ipsum sapientem ... retenturum adsensum, nec umquam ulli viso adsensurum, nisi, etc.,Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 57: “tollendus adsensus est,id. ib. 2, 18, 59; 2, 18, 33 fin.; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31 al.
B. Poet., an echo: “Et vox adsensu nemorum ingeminata remugit,Verg. G. 3, 45: “Aereaque adsensu conspirant cornua rauco,id. A. 7, 615; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 615.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.245
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.615
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.45
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 68
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.12
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 45
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 7.6.13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 72
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 51
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 5
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 3.9
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.2
    • Cicero, Brutus, 49.185
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