Latin

Noun

sēnsus m ‎(genitive sēnsūs); fourth declension

1. perception, capability of feeling, ability to perceive
2. a feeling, sentiment
3. (poetic) understanding, reason

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Derived terms

• sēnsū lātō
• sēnsū strictō

Descendants

Participle

sēnsus m ‎(feminine sēnsa, neuter sēnsum); first/second declension

1. felt, perceived with the senses, having felt (with the hands)
2. perceived: noticed mentally, having perceived
3. having had an opinion, having felt emotion

Inflection

First/second declension.

Related terms

• see sentiō

References

• sensus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sensus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SENSUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sensus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • sound, unimpaired senses: sensus sani, integri, incorrupti
    
  • to be endowed with sense: sensibus praeditum esse
    
  • not to possess the sense of hearing: sensu audiendi carere
    
  • to come within the sphere of the senses: sensibus or sub sensus subiectum esse
    
  • to be perceptible to the senses: sensibus percipi
    
  • the world of sense, the visible world: res sensibus or oculis subiectae (De Fin. 5. 12. 36)
    
  • to make an impression on the senses: sensus movere (more strongly pellere)
    
  • a thing makes a pleasant impression on the senses: aliquid sensus suaviter afficit
    
  • a thing makes a pleasant impression on the senses: aliquid sensus iucunditate perfundit
    
  • to free one's mind from the influences of the senses: sevocare mentem a sensibus (De Nat. D. 3. 8. 21)
    
  • something offends my instincts, goes against the grain: aliquid a sensibus meis abhorret
    
  • the date: dies (fem. in this sense)
    
  • to possess not the least spark of feeling: nullam partem sensus habere
    
  • (ambiguous) to come within the sphere of the senses: sub sensum or sub oculos, sub aspectum cadere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a man of taste: sensum, iudicium habere
    
  • (ambiguous) to express oneself in popular language: ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be quite insensible of all feelings to humanity: omnem humanitatis sensum amisisse
    
• sensus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016