sentio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). Cognate with Lithuanian sintėti (“to think”), Old High German sinnan (“to go; desire”), Old Irish sét (“path, way”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsen.ti.oː/

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Verb

present active sentiō, present infinitive sentīre, perfect active sēnsī, supine sēnsum.

1. I feel; I perceive with the senses.
   • ca. 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book I, lines 553-554

     Hanc quoque Phoebus amat positaque in stipite dextra
     sentit adhuc trepidare novo sub cortice pectus

     But yet Phoebus loves her in this form and pressing his right hand
     he feels still the trembling heart under the bark.

2. I perceive: I notice mentally.
   • p. 52 BCE, Gaius Iulius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico, Book IV, sect. xiv

     Prius ad hostium castra pervenit quam quid ageretur Germani sentire possent.

     He arrived at the camp of the enemy before the Germans could perceive what was going on.

3. I have an opinion; I feel an emotion.
   • 105 — Tacitus, Historiae, Book I, I

     ...ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet.

     ...where to feel what you wish, and what you feel to say, is permitted.

Inflection

Fourth Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sentiō	sentīs	sentit	sentīmus	sentītis	sentiunt
	future	sentiam	sentiēs	sentiet	sentiēmus	sentiētis	sentient
	imperfect	sentiēbam	sentiēbās	sentiēbat	sentiēbāmus	sentiēbātis	sentiēbant
	perfect	sēnsī	sēnsistī	sēnsit	sēnsimus	sēnsistis	sēnsērunt
	future perfect	sēnserō	sēnseris	sēnserit	sēnserimus	sēnseritis	sēnserint
	pluperfect	sēnseram	sēnserās	sēnserat	sēnserāmus	sēnserātis	sēnserant
passive	present	sentior	sentīris	sentītur	sentīmur	sentīminī	sentiuntur
	future	sentiar	sentiēris	sentiētur	sentiēmur	sentiēminī	sentientur
	imperfect	sentiēbar	sentiēbāris	sentiēbātur	sentiēbāmur	sentiēbāminī	sentiēbantur
	perfect	Use sēnsus m, sēnsa f, sēnsum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use sēnsus m, sēnsa f, sēnsum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use sēnsus m, sēnsa f, sēnsum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sentiam	sentiās	sentiat	sentiāmus	sentiātis	sentiant
	imperfect	sentīrem	sentīrēs	sentīret	sentīrēmus	sentīrētis	sentīrent
	perfect	sēnserim	sēnserīs	sēnserit	sēnserīmus	sēnserītis	sēnserint
	pluperfect	sēnsissem	sēnsissēs	sēnsisset	sēnsissēmus	sēnsissētis	sēnsissent
passive	present	sentiar	sentiāris	sentiātur	sentiāmur	sentiāminī	sentiantur
	imperfect	sentīrer	sentīrēris	sentīrētur	sentīrēmur	sentīrēminī	sentīrentur
	perfect	Use sēnsus m, sēnsa f, sēnsum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use sēnsus m, sēnsa f, sēnsum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	sentī	sentītō	sentītō	sentīre	sentītor	sentītor
	plural	sentīte	sentītōte	sentiuntō	sentīminī	—	sentiuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sentīre	sēnsisse	sēnsūrus esse	sentīrī	sēnsus esse	sēnsum īrī
participles		sentiēns (sentientis)	—	sēnsūrus-ra, -rum	—	sēnsus-a, -um	sentiendus-nda, -ndum

Synonyms

• (feel, perceive with the senses): percipiō

Related terms

sēnsa sēnsātus sēnsibilis sēnsibiliter

sēnsifer sēnsificō sēnsificus sēnsilis

sēnsim sēnsōrium sēnsuālis sēnsuālitās

sēnsus sententia sentificō sentiscō

Descendants

Aromanian: simtu, simtsire Catalan: sentir Dalmatian: senter English sense Esperanto: senti French: sentir Friulian: sintî Galician: sentir Italian: sentire

Ladino: sintir Neapolitan: sentì Occitan: sentir Papiamentu: senti Portuguese: sentir Romanian: simți Romansch: sentir, santir, santeir Sardinian: sentire, sentiri Spanish: sentir