previous next
consensus , üs, m. consentio,
I.agreement, accordance, unanimity, concord (class.; esp. freq. in prose).
b. Consensu, among the histt. after the Aug. per. freq. adv., unanimously, with general consent, according to the general wish, etc.: “comitiorum illi habendorum, quando minimus natu sit, munus consensu inpingunt,Liv. 3, 35, 7; and 3, 36, 5; 24, 37, 11; Tac. H. 1, 16; 1, 55; Suet. Aug. 57; id. Tib. 1: “cum ipsi invisum consensu imperium ... interpretarentur,Liv. 3, 38, 10.—
B. In a bad sense, a plot, conspiracy: “audacium,Cic. Sest 40. 86.—
II. Transf., of inanimate objects, agreement, harmony, synpathy (class.): quā ex conjunctione naturae et quasi concentu atque consensu, quam συμπαθειαν Graeci appellant, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 34; cf. id. N. D. 3, 11, 28: “concentusque mirus omnium doctrinarum,id. de Or. 3, 6, 21: “consensus et conspiratió virtutum,id. Fin. 5, 23, 66: “duorum antecedentium,Quint. 5, 14, 6.—
B. A common feeling, common life: neque enim poterunt (animae et corpora) suptiliter esse Conexae neque consensus contagia fient, Lucr 3, 740.
hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (32 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (32):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 3.3.1
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.30
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 2.28
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.29
    • Cicero, For Ligarius, 12.34
    • Cicero, Philippics, 3.3.7
    • Cicero, Philippics, 4.5.12
    • Cicero, Philippics, 5.17.46
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 35.7
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 58
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 14
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 13
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.26
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.73
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.54
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.15
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.16
    • Tacitus, Germania, 31
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.6
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 57
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 1
    • Cornelius Nepos, Dion, 6.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 38.10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 7
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.23
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.11
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.14
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.15
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 6.45
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 14.6
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.130
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.53
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: