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con-sentĭo (also cosentĭo ;
I.v. infra), sensi, sensum, 4, v. n. and a
I. = unā sentio, to feel together: multa (corpora, i. e. substances) Quae neque conecti potuere neque intus Vitalis motus consentire atque imitari, Lucr. 2, 717 Lachm.; cf.: “consentire animam totam per membra videmus,id. 3, 153; Scrib. Comp. 104.—
II. To agree, accord, harmonize with a person or thing; to assert unitedly, determine in common, decree, to unite upon something accordantly, etc. (freq and class. in prose and poetry); constr with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol. of person; and with the acc., de, ad, in, the inf.. causā, or absol. of the thing.
A. Lit., with personal subjects.
1. In a good sense, with acc. and inf.: HONC. OINO. PLOIRVME. COSENTIONT. ROMAI. DVONORO. OPTVMO. FVISE. VIRO ... LVCIOM. SCIPIONE., etc. (i. e. hunc unum plurimi consentiunt Romanum bonorum optimum fuisse virum ... Lucium Scipionem), inscription of the Scipios, C. I. L. 1, 32: Wordsworth, Fragm, and Spec. p. 160; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 116; and id. Sen. 17, 61: “omnes mortales unā mente consentiunt, omnia arma eorum, qui haec salva velint, contra illam pestem esse capienda,id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; so Quint. 1, 10, 33; 2, 15, 36 al.; Tac. A. 6, 28 al.—With inf.: “seu quicquid ubique magnificum est in claritatem ejus (sc. Herculis) referre consensimus,Tac. G. 34 fin.—With de de amicitiae utilitate omnes uno ore consentiunt, Cic. Lael. 23, 86; so id. Phil. 1, 9, 21: “cum aliquo de aliquā re,id. Ac. 2, 42. 131.—With cum: “consentire cum aliquā re, verbis discrepare,Cic. Fin. 4, 26, 72: “cum his (oratoribus) philosophi consentiunt,Quint. 2, 17, 2; so Suet. Aug. 58.—With dat.: “illis superioribus,Quint. 2, 15, 32; so id. 5, 14, 33: “sibi ipse,Cic. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Clu. 22, 60: “cui parti,Quint. 5, 14, 9: “iis, quibus delectantur,id. 5, 11, 19: “studiis alicujus,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 65 al.—With adversus: “adversus maleficium omne consensimus,Sen. Ben. 3, 6, 2: “adversus patrem cum amicis,Val. Max. 9, 11, ext. 3.—With ad: “parvo exercitu, sed ad benevolentiam erga nos consentiente,Cic. Att. 5, 18, 2; id. Tusc. 3, 2, 3; id. N. D. 2, 23, 60; 2, 46, 119; id. Cat. 4, 7, 15; 4, 9, 18; cf.: “ad rem publicam conservandam,id. Phil. 4, 4, 10: “ad decernendum triumphum,Liv. 36, 40, 10: “ad necem ejus,id. 39, 50, 6: “ad indutias,Suet. Calig. 5.—With in: “in homine non, ut omne, omnia in unum consentientia, sed singulis membris suum cuique consilium,Liv. 2, 32, 9: “in hoc non contumaciter consentio,Quint. 11, 3, 11; cf.: “consentire in asserendā libertate,Suet. Calig. 60: puro pioque duello quaerendas censeo itaque consentio consciscoque, old formula of voting in Liv. 1, 32, 12.—With ut: “senatus ... censuit consensit conscivit ut bellum cum priscis Latinis fieret, old formula for declaring war,Liv. 1, 32, 13.—With ne: “constat, ad alia discordes in uno adversus patrum voluntatem consensisse, ne dicerent dictatorem,Liv. 4, 26, 7.—With acc. rei: “consensit et senatus bellum,” i. e. has voted, decreed war, Liv. 8, 6, 8: “bellum erat consensum,id. 1, 32, 12: “consensa in posterum diem contio,id. 24, 38, 11.—With inf.: “si consenserint possessores non vendere, quid futurum est?Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 15. —Impers.: “de prioribus consentitur,Tac. A. 1, 13: “inter plurimos consensum est duas esse partes,Quint. 9, 1, 17; 5, 10, 12; Liv. 9, 7, 7; so, “consensum est, ut, etc.,id. 30, 24, 11.—
B. Transf., with inanimate subjects, to accord, agree, harmonize with, to fit, suit, etc.
(α). With cum: sed mihi ne utiquam cor consentit cum oculorum aspectu, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; cf.: “cum vultus Domitii cum oratione non consentiret,Caes. B. C. 1, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 2; 11, 3, 113; 11, 3, 122: secum ipsa (oratio; “together with sibi constet),Cic. Univ. 3; id. Brut. 38, 141: “precor ... ut vestrae mentes atque sententiae cum populi Romani voluntatibus suffragiisque consentiant,id. Mur. 1, 1; Dig. 46, 4, 14.—
2. consensus , a, um, Part., agreed upon: “consensis quibusdam et concessis,Gell. 15, 26, 2.
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