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sensus.

feeling, sense;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈsẽː.sʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈsɛn.sus]

  1. faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense perception, feeling, sensation

    declension-4

  2. faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense perception, feeling, sensation capability of feeling, ability to perceive; sense

    declension-4

  3. faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense feeling, sentiment, emotion, affection; sense, understanding, capacity; humor, inclination, disposition, frame of mind opinion, thought, sense, view

    declension-4

  4. faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense feeling, sentiment, emotion, affection; sense, understanding, capacity; humor, inclination, disposition, frame of mind common feelings of humanity; moral sense, taste, discretion, tact in intercourse with men

    declension-4 · usually

  5. faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense feeling, sentiment, emotion, affection; sense, understanding, capacity; humor, inclination, disposition, frame of mind (of the thinking faculty) sense, understanding, mind, reason

    declension-4 · poetic

  6. faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense feeling, sentiment, emotion, affection; sense, understanding, capacity; humor, inclination, disposition, frame of mind (of the thinking faculty) sense, understanding, mind, reason sense, idea, notion, meaning, signification

    abstract · declension-4 · poetic

  7. faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense feeling, sentiment, emotion, affection; sense, understanding, capacity; humor, inclination, disposition, frame of mind (of the thinking faculty) sense, understanding, mind, reason thought expressed in words; sentence, period

    concrete · declension-4 · poetic
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsus From sentiō (“feel, hear, see, perceive”) + -tus (action noun suffix).

verb[ˈsẽː.sʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈsɛn.sus]

  1. perfect passive participle of sentiō

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
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