Latin

Noun

sententia f ‎(genitive sententiae); first declension

1. opinion, thought, feeling
2. purpose, determination, will, decision
3. vote, sentence, judgement
4. (of words or discourse) sense, meaning, signification, idea, notion

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (opinion): auctōritās, cōgitātiō, existimātiō, opīniō
• (vote, judgement): suffrāgium

Derived terms

• see sentiō

Descendants

• English: sentence
• French: sentence
• Hungarian: szentencia
• Italian: sentenza
• Russian: сентенция ‎(sentencija)
• Spanish: sentencia

References

• sententia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sententia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SENTENTIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sententia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • as one would wish; to one's mind: ex sententia
    
  • to abide by, persist in one's opinion: in sententia manere, permanere, perseverare, perstare
    
  • to give up one's opinion: a sententia sua discedere
    
  • to give up one's opinion: de sententia sua decedere
    
  • to give up one's opinion: (de) sententia desistere
    
  • to be forced to change one's mind: de sententia deici, depelli, deterreri
    
  • to make a man change his opinion: de sententia aliquem deducere, movere
    
  • to win a man over to one's own way of thinking: aliquem ad suam sententiam perducere or in suam sententiam adducere
    
  • to adopt some one's opinion: ad alicuius sententiam accedere, sententiam alicuius sequi
    
  • to freely express one's opinions: sententiam suam aperire
    
  • not to betray one's feelings by one's looks: sententiam fronte celare, tegere
    
  • I think that..: in hac sum sententia, ut...putem
    
  • to discuss a subject more fully on the same lines: plura in eam sententiam disputare
    
  • according to my opinion: mea (quidem) sententia
    
  • many men, many minds: quot homines, tot sententiae
    
  • according to my strong conviction: ex animi mei sententia (vid. sect. XI. 2)
    
  • to alter one's views, intentions: consilium, sententiam mutare
    
  • I am firmly resolved: stat mihi sententia (Liv. 21. 30.)
    
  • those views are out of date: illae sententiae evanuerunt
    
  • those ideas have long ago been given up: illae sententiae iam pridem explosae et eiectae sunt (Fin. 5. 8. 23)
    
  • to explain one's sentiments: sententias (verbis) explicare, aperire
    
  • profound sentiments: sententiae reconditae ex exquisitae (Brut. 97. 274)
    
  • richness of ideas: crebritas or copia (opp. inopia) sententiarum or simply copia
    
  • rich in ideas: sententiis abundans or creber (opp. sententiis inanis)
    
  • the connection: sententiae inter se nexae
    
  • the connection: contextus orationis (not nexus, conexus sententiarum)
    
  • the connection of thought: ratio sententiarum
    
  • the connection of thought: ratio, qua sententiae inter se excipiunt.
    
  • to answer to this effect: respondere in hanc sententiam
    
  • the sentence, proposition: enuntiatio, enuntiatum, sententia
    
  • what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quae notio or sententia subiecta est huic voci?
    
  • to hold by the letter (of the law): verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)
    
  • the terms, contents of the letter are as follows: litterae in hanc sententiam or his verbis scriptae sunt
    
  • to love deeply: aliquem ex animo or ex animi sententia amare (Q. Fr. 1. 1. 5)
    
  • I swear on my conscience: ex animi mei sententia iuro
    
  • to vote (in the popular assembly): suffragium ferre (vid. sect. VI. 4, note Not sententiam...)
    
  • the spirit of the law: sententia or voluntas legis
    
  • to ask the opinion of..: sententiam rogare, interrogare
    
  • to give an opinion (also used of a judge, cf. sect. VI. 4): sententiam dicere
    
  • the senate inclines to the opinion, decides for..: senatus sententia inclīnat ad... (De Sen. 6. 16)
    
  • the majority were of the opinion..: sententia vincit (Liv. 2. 4. 3)
    
  • to vote for some one's motion: discedere (pedibus), ire in alicuius sententiam (Liv. 23. 10)
    
  • the finding of the jury: sententiae iudicum
    
  • to give sentence (of the judge, cf. sect. VI. 4, note Not...): sententiam ferre, dicere (Off. 3. 16. 66)
    
  • the tenor of his speech was this..: hanc in sententiam dixit