sententia

   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.

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sententiae N F

opinion, feeling, way of thinking; thought, meaning, sentence/period; purpose