Significatio vocis sententia | Babel Free
[sɛnˈtɛn.ti.a]Definitiones
- a way of thinking, view, opinion, judgement or sentence
- a purpose, intention, will (one's thinking in respect to the future)
- a vote of opinion (expressed in senate in response to an interrogātiō)
- the vote of a juryman or of a jury
- an authoritative decision, pronouncement, judgement, decree
- a feeling, sense, idea, notion
- the main drift, substance; spirit of a law (as opposed to letter)
- a thought expressed in words; a sense, meaning, signification
- any terse and pointed observation (esp. moralistic); a maxim, epigram
- a self-contained group of words, a finished clause, sentence, period
Exempla
“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
Gradus CEFR
B2
Medius superior
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B2 — gradus medius superior.
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B2 — gradus medius superior.
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