Meaning of sententia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a way of thinking, view, opinion, judgement or sentence
   declension-1, feminine
2. a purpose, intention, will (one's thinking in respect to the future)
   declension-1, feminine
3. a vote of opinion (expressed in senate in response to an interrogātiō)
   declension-1, feminine
4. the vote of a juryman or of a jury
   declension-1, feminine
5. an authoritative decision, pronouncement, judgement, decree
   declension-1, feminine
6. a feeling, sense, idea, notion
   declension-1, feminine
7. the main drift, substance; spirit of a law (as opposed to letter)
   declension-1, feminine
8. a thought expressed in words; a sense, meaning, signification
   declension-1, feminine
9. any terse and pointed observation (esp. moralistic); a maxim, epigram
   declension-1, feminine
10. a self-contained group of words, a finished clause, sentence, period
    declension-1, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“Quot hominēs tot sententiae: suō’ quoique mōs.”

[There are] as many opinions as there are people: to each his own way [of seeing things].

“meā (quidem) sententiā”

(at least) in my view

“ex animī sententiā”

in my sincere opinion, in all honesty

“ex (meā etc.) sententiā”

to someone's liking

“adversum, praeter animī sententiam”

against someone's liking

“dē suā ūnīus sententiā”

on one's own initiative

“sententiam ferre”

to vote

“in sententiam alicuius īre”

to support someone's opinion or policy

“sententiīsque magis quam verbīs abundantēs”

overflowing with ideas rather than words to express them

“sententiae antiquae”

ancient epigrams, classical sentences

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