sententia

Latin

Etymology

From sentiō (“feel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /senˈten.ti.a/

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Noun

sententia (genitive sententiae); f, 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
5. vocative singular of sententia

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	sententia	sententiae
genitive	sententiae	sententiārum
dative	sententiae	sententiīs
accusative	sententiam	sententiās
ablative	sententiā	sententiīs
vocative	sententia	sententiae

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• sententiālis
• sententiola
• sententiōsus

Related terms

Related terms

sēnsa sēnsātus sēnsibilis sēnsibiliter sēnsifer

sēnsificō sēnsificus sēnsilis sēnsim

sēnsōrium sēnsuālis sēnsuālitās sēnsus

sententiōsē sentificō sentiō sentiscō

Descendants

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

References

• sententia in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879