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sententia.

opinion, feeling, way of thinking; thought, meaning, sentence/period; purpose;

9 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[sɛnˈtɛn.ti.a]Classical-Latin[senˈtɛn.t͡si.a]
  1. a way of thinking, view, opinion, judgement or sentence

    declension-1 · feminine
    meā (quidem) sententiā
    ex animī sententiā
  2. a purpose, intention, will (one's thinking in respect to the future)

    declension-1 · feminine
  3. a vote of opinion (expressed in senate in response to an interrogātiō)

    declension-1 · feminine
    sententiam ferre
    in sententiam alicuius īre
  4. a vote of opinion (expressed in senate in response to an interrogātiō) the vote of a juryman or of a jury

    declension-1 · feminine
  5. an authoritative decision, pronouncement, judgement, decree

    declension-1 · feminine
  6. a feeling, sense, idea, notion

    declension-1 · feminine
  7. a feeling, sense, idea, notion the main drift, substance; spirit of a law (as opposed to letter)

    declension-1 · feminine
  8. a thought expressed in words; a sense, meaning, signification any terse and pointed observation (esp. moralistic); a maxim, epigram

    declension-1 · feminine
    sententiae antiquae
  9. a thought expressed in words; a sense, meaning, signification a self-contained group of words, a finished clause, sentence, period

    declension-1 · feminine
    sententiae antiquae
Where this word comes from

Either from earlier *sentientia, from Proto-Italic *sentjentjā, equivalent to sentiens (“feeling, perceiving”) + -ia; or from Proto-Italic *sententjā, a remnant of a PIE root aorist.

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