censeo
Latin
Etymology
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From Proto-Italic *kensēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱn̥s-é-ti, *ḱn̥s-eyé-ti, from *ḱens- (“to announce”). Cognate with Sanskrit शंसति (śáṃsati, “to declare”), Proto-Iranian *cánhati.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈken.se.oː/, [ˈkẽːs̠eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.se.o/, [ˈt͡ʃɛnseo]
Verb
cēnseō (present infinitive cēnsēre, perfect active cēnsuī, supine cēnsum); second conjugation
- I give an opinion.
- I think, suppose or judge.
- I recommend.
- Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam
- I decree, vote or determine.
- I count or reckon.
- I assess.
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “censeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “censeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- censeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the censors hold a census of the people: censores censent populum
- what is your opinion: quid censes? quid tibi videtur?
- the censors hold a census of the people: censores censent populum
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107
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- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Latin lemmas
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- Latin second conjugation verbs
- Latin second conjugation verbs with perfect in -u-
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook