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sensus
sensus
Latin
Noun
sēnsus m (genitive sēnsūs); fourth declension
- perception, capability of feeling, ability to perceive
- a feeling, sentiment
- (poetic) understanding, reason
Inflection
Fourth declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | sēnsus | sēnsūs |
genitive | sēnsūs | sēnsuum |
dative | sēnsuī | sēnsibus |
accusative | sēnsum | sēnsūs |
ablative | sēnsū | sēnsibus |
vocative | sēnsus | sēnsūs |
Derived terms
Descendants
Participle
sēnsus m (feminine sēnsa, neuter sēnsum); first/second declension
- felt, perceived with the senses, having felt (with the hands)
- perceived: noticed mentally, having perceived
- having had an opinion, having felt emotion
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | sēnsus | sēnsa | sēnsum | sēnsī | sēnsae | sēnsa | |
genitive | sēnsī | sēnsae | sēnsī | sēnsōrum | sēnsārum | sēnsōrum | |
dative | sēnsō | sēnsō | sēnsīs | ||||
accusative | sēnsum | sēnsam | sēnsum | sēnsōs | sēnsās | sēnsa | |
ablative | sēnsō | sēnsā | sēnsō | sēnsīs | |||
vocative | sēnse | sēnsa | sēnsum | sēnsī | sēnsae | sēnsa |
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
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(ambiguous) to come within the sphere of the senses: sub sensum or sub oculos, sub aspectum cadere
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(ambiguous) to be a man of taste: sensum, iudicium habere
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(ambiguous) to express oneself in popular language: ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)
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(ambiguous) to be quite insensible of all feelings to humanity: omnem humanitatis sensum amisisse
- sound, unimpaired senses: sensus sani, integri, incorrupti
- sensus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016