sententia ae, f
SENT-,
a way of thinking, opinion, judgment, sentiment, thought, notion, purpose,
determination, decision, will, desire
: de hac re eius sententia, T.: sententiae atque opinionis meae volui esse participes: adhuc in hac sum
sententiā, ut, etc.: variis dictis sententiis, quarum pars
censebant, etc., Cs.: locos ac sententias huius
disputationis tradere,
extracts and leading thoughts
: si honestatem tueri ac retinere sententia est,
if one's purpose be
: stat sententia tradere, etc.,
she is resolved
, O.: sic stat sententia, O.:
de cognatorum sententiā manu missi,
according to the wish
: de omnium sententiā pronuntiatum,
unanimously
: quod quem umquam de suā sententiā
facere ausum?
on his own responsibility
, L.—Prov.: Quot homines, tot sententiae,
many men, many minds
, T.—Abl. with pron
poss. or genit.
: errat longe meā quidem
sententiā,
in my judgment
, T.— With
ex
: Istuc tibi ex sententiā tuā obtigisse
laetor,
to your satisfaction
, T.: ex meā sententiā rem p.
gessimus,
as I wished
: evenisse ex sententiā?
satisfactorily
, T.: ex sententiā navigasse,
prosperously
.—Esp., in taking an oath: (maiores) iurare ex sui animi
sententiā quemque voluerunt,
to the best of his knowledge and belief
, i. e.
conscientiously
: ex mei animi sententiā, inquit, ut non
deseram, etc.,
without mental reservation
, L.: Ex tui animi sententiā tu uxorem
habes? Non hercule, inquit, ex mei animi sententiā,
in all sincerity . . .? no, not to suit me.—An official determination,
decision, sentence, judgment, vote
: quos priores sententiam rogabat: factum est
senatūs consultum in meam sententiam: decerni cunctis
sententiis,
unanimously
: victos paucis sententiis,
by a small majority
, L.: meae partes exquirendae magis sententiae
quam dandae sunt, i. e.
my office is to put the question rather than to vote
, L.: in eam sententiam ire,
to support the resolution
, L.: omnibus sententiis absolvi (in a conference
of judges): sententiam dicere,
pronounce judgment. —Sense, meaning, intent, signification, idea,
notion
: oratione quam sententiā lenior,
in language than in meaning
: quod dicitur habet hanc, ut opinor, sententiam: cuius
praecepti tanta vis, tanta sententia est, ut, etc.,
such depth of meaning.—A thought expressed, sentence, period
: dum de singulis sententiis breviter disputo: Est brevitate
opus, ut currat sententia, etc., H.—
An aphorism, apophthegm, maxim, axiom, saying
: selectae brevesque sententiae: sapientibus sententiis
ornata oratio.
