I. A judging, investigating (class.): “longi subsellii,” Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 2; “hence,” an inquiry into an accusation, a judicial examination of a cause, id. Inv. 1, 13, 18: “consilium est ratio quaedam habens in se et inventionem et judicationem,” Quint. 6, 5, 3.—
II. In gen., a judgment, opinion, Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26: “arbitralis,” Macr. S. 7, 1, 7: “poetarum et carminum,” a critical estimate, Mart. Cap. 4, § 338.