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ŏpīnor , ātus, 1, v. dep. etym. dub.; perh. akin to Gr. ὄσσεσθαι; root οπ-,
I.to be of opinion, to suppose, imagine, conjecture, deem, believe, think, judge (freq. and class.; syn.: arbitror, reor, censeo, sentio, credo); constr. with acc., an obj.-clause, with de, or absol.: “aliquid,Cic. Mur. 30, 62: “quoad opinatus sum, me in provinciam exiturum, etc.,id. Fam. 7, 17, 2: “de vobis hic ordo opinatur non secus ac, etc.,think, id. Pis. 20, 45: “male de Caesare,to have a bad opinion of, to think ill of, Suet. Aug. 51: “servus gravissime de se opinans,id. ib. 67: “de rege durius,Just. 12, 5, 8.—Parenthet.: opinor or ut opinor, as I think, as I believe, according to my opinion: Dem. Per mare ut vectu's, nunc oculi terram mirantur tui. Char. Magis opinor, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35: “Cepius, opinor, olim: non omnibus dormio,Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1: “sed, opinor, quiescamus,id. Att. 9, 6, 2: “a primo, ut opinor, animantium ortu petitur origo summi boni,id. Fin. 2, 10, 31: “opinor concedes, multo hoc esse gravius,id. Div. in Caecil. 16, 54; so Hor. S. 1, 3, 53; id. Ep. 1, 16, 78.!*?
1. Act. collat. form ŏpīno (anteclass. ): ita sapere opino esse optimum, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 5 (Trag. v. 181 Vahl.); so Pac. Caecil. and Plaut. ib.—
2. ŏpīnā-tus , a, um, in pass. signif. as P. a., supposed, imagined, fancied (class.): “bona, mala,Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 11; 3, 11, 24: interdicta est mathematicorum callida impostura, et opinatae artis persuasio, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 1.—Post-class., celebrated, renowned, illustrious, famous: “certamen,Amm. 21, 6, 3.—Sup.: “opinatissima insula,Flor. 2, 7, 8 dub.: “civitas,Vulg. Judith, 2, 13.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.17.2
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.24.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 9.6.2
    • Cicero, Divinatio against Q. Caecilius, 16.54
    • Cicero, For Lucius Murena, 30.62
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 20.45
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 51
    • Horace, Satires, 1.3.53
    • Plautus, Mercator, 2.3
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.10
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.6
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