Sentente: iudgement: opinion: counsaile, spoken or written concerning the life of man. Hæc mea sententia. Plau. This is my aduise. Si honestatem tueri ac retinerc sententia est. Cicer. If your minde or purpose be, &c. Quod ad rem mea sententia maximè pertinet. Cic. Which thing, in my opinion or iudgement most appertaineth to the purpose. Quantum intellexi senis sententiam de nuptijs. Terent. So muche as I perceiued by the olde mans minde or wordes concerning the marriage. Discors sententia. Stat. Diuina futuri sententia. Horat. The diuine prophecying of things to come. Dubia est sententia nobis. Ouid. We are in doubt. Exquisita sententia. Tacir. Hominum sententia fallax. Ouid. Sententia fida & fœlix. Ouid. Leui sententia puer, Vide LEVIS. Libera sententia. Quint. Melior sententia. Virgi. Molles sententiæ, Vide MOLLIS. Muliebris sententia, Vide MVLIER. Nulla sit bac potior sententia. Hor. Populares sententiæ. Quint. Præcipites vel obscuræ sententiæ Quint. Velox sententia. Ouid. Nec mea iam mutata loco sententia cedit. Virg. I change not my opinion, but still continue in it. Animo sententia cõstat. Vir. I am derermined with my self. Decedere sententia. Tac. To go from his opinion, to change his minde. Ex sententia alicuius dicere. Cicer. To speake according to ones minde or opinion. Discrepat sententia. Hor. Dissidet & variat sententia. Ouid. Illigare sententiam verbis, Vide ILLIGO. Inclinat sententia, Vide INCLINO. Inspicere sententiam alicuius. Plaut. Intelligere sententiam alicuius. Terent. Loqui in eandem sententiam, Vide LOQVOR. Manere in sententia, Vide MANEO. Mouere de sententia. Liu. Mutare sententiam. Cic. Nata est sententia, Vide NASCOR. Ostendere sententiam suam. Terent. Mihi per alium ostendir suam sententiam. Tere Hee shewid me his minde vnder the colour or pretence of an other. Pensata sententia. Sil. An opinion well weighed & cõsidered. Peragere sententiam suam alicui, Vide PERAGO. Perseuerare in sententia, Vide PERSEVERO. Perstare in sententia, Vide PERSTO. Ponere suam sententiam. Quintil. To write his iudgement or opinion. Positus in multis sententijs. Plau. He of whome some speake wel, and some ill. Rogatus sententiam. Salust. Asked his opinion. Rogantur sententiæ de re aliqua. Quint. Scire sententiam alicuius, Terent. To know ones mind and aduise. Sic stat sententia. Ouid. I am so determined with my selfe. In ea sum sententia. Ci. I am of that opinion or mind. Eorum magis sententiæ sum, qui, &c. Liui. I am rather of their opinion, &c. Sic sententia est. Plaut. I am so determined. Variant sententiæ, Vide VARIVS. Quæ nunc animo sententia surgit? Virg. What thinke you now good to be done? or what is your aduise nowe? Quæ te sententia vertit? Virg. What thing hath now made you thange your minde -quianam sententia vobis Versa retro? Virgil. Why haue you changed your minde. Ex sententia nauigare. Cic. To haue so prosperous sailing as he woulde himselfe. Sententia. Quint. A sentence of a Iudge: a indgement. Candida sententia. Oui. A fauorable sentence or iudgement. Dicere sententiam. Quint. Ferre sententiam de re aliqua. Quint. To giue his sentence or iudgement of, &c. Tristis sententia lata est. Ouid. A sorrowful sentence was giuen: he was condemned. Inclinabant cò sententiæ, Liui. Their iudgements or opinions inclined to this purpose. Perrogare sententias. Tacit. Omnibus sententijs. Cic. By the consent & iudgement of all. Ornare aliquem sententijs. Cic. Ornatissima sententia. Vide Ornatus in ORNO. Verborum sententia. Lucret. The sense or signification of words. Currit sententia. Hor. Sententia. Author ad Heren. A wittie or wise sentence vttered of any thing. Grandes sententiæ. Quint.

I. Lit. (cf.: opinio, voluntas, studium).

A. In gen.: quoniam sententiae atque opinionis meae voluistis esse participes, nihil occultabo et quoad potero, vobis exponam, quid de quāque re sentiam, Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 172: sententia et opinio mea, id. ib. 2, 34, 146: senis sententia de nuptiis, Ter. And. 1, 3, 2: de aliquā re, id. Ad. 3, 5, 5; id. Phorm. 2, 4, 4; cf.: de diis immortalibus habere non errantem et vagam, sed stabilem certamque sententiam, Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 2: de hac sententiā Non demovebor, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 45; cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52: de sententiā deducere, deicere, depellere, deterrere, decedere, desistere, etc., v. h. vv.: nisi quid tua secus sententia est, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 95; cf.: mihi sententia eadem est, id. Trin. 2, 4, 44: adhuc in hac sum sententiā, nihil ut faciamus nisi, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 5: eā omnes stant sententiā, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 35; cf.: perstat in sententiā Saturius, Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 56; so, in sententiā manere, permanere, etc., v. h. vv.: non prima sed melior vicit sententia, Plin. Pan. 76, 2.—Plur.: variis dictis sententiis, quarum pars censebant, etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 77: erant sententiae, quae censerent, id. B. C. 2, 30: sententiae numerantur, non ponderantur, Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 5: nos quibus Cotta tantum modo locos ac sententias hujus disputationis tradidisset, the leading thoughts, Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 16.—Prov.: quot homines, tot sententiae, many men, many minds, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 14; Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 15. —

2. In the phrases,

(a). Sententia est, with subj.-clause, it is my purpose, will, opinion, etc., Auct. Her. 3, 24, 40: si honestatem tueri ac retinere sententia est, if one's purpose be, if one be determined, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 116; and: stat sententia, with obj.clause, Ov. M. 8, 67; cf., parenthetically: sic stat sententia, id. ib. 1, 243.—

(b). De sententiā alicujus aliquid facere, Cic. Cael. 29, 68: neque ego haud committam, ut si quid peccatum siet, Fecisse dicas de meā sententiā, according to my wish, to suit me, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 115: gerere, Cic. Sull. 19 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, 53; id. Att. 16, 16, C, 11; 7, 5 fin.; Liv. 38, 45, 5 et saep.—

(g). Meā quidem sententiā, in my opinion or judgment, as I think: nimis stulte faciunt, meā quidem sententiā, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 5: meā quidem sententiā, id. Cas. 3, 3, 1; id. Poen. 5, 6, 1; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40; 5, 9, 2; id. Phorm. 2, 2, 21; and simply meā sententiā, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 11; id. Merc. 2, 3, 58; Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42; 1, 45, 69; id. de Or. 2, 23, 95 al.—

(d). Ex meā (tuā, etc.) sententiā, according to my (thy, etc.) wish: quoniam haec evenerunt nostrā ex sententiā, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 89; id. Cist. 1, 2, 7; id. Men. 2, 2, 1; 5, 7, 30; id. Truc. 5, 72; id. Capt. 2, 3, 87; Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 5; Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 3; 2, 15, 1; and more freq., simply ex sententiā, to one's mind or liking, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 18; id. Capt. 2, 2, 97; id. Mil. 4, 1, 1; id. Aul. 4, 1, 3; id. Truc. 5, 69; Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 17; id. Hec. 5, 4, 32; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 26; Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 123; id. Att. 5, 21; id. Fam. 1, 7, 5; 12, 10, 2; Sall. J. 43, 5 et saep. (v. also infra, B. 2.).—(e) Praeter animi sententiam, against one's inclination: quam (crapulam) potavi praeter animi mei sententiam, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 29.—

B. In partic., publicists' and jurid. t.t., an official determination, a decision, sentence, judgment, vote (cf. suffragium): SENATVOS SENTENTIAM VTEI SCIENTES ESETIS, EORVM SENTENTIA ITA FVIT, S. C. de Bacch.: (L. Tarquinius) antiquos patres majorum gentium appellavit, quos priores sententiam rogabat, Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35: non viribus ... res magnae geruntur, sed consilio, auctoritate, sententiā, id. Sen. 6, 17: (Marcellinus) sententiam dixit, ut, etc.... postea Racilius de privatis me primum sententiam rogavit, etc., id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2: accurate sententiam dixi ... factum est senatusconsultum in meam sententiam, id. Att. 4, 1, 6: DE SENATVOS SENTENTIAD ... DE PR. VRBANI SENATVOSQVE SENTENTIAD, S. C. de Bacch.: ex senatus sententiā, Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1: victos paucis sententiis, Liv. 22, 61, 8.—Hence, sententiam dare, to vote: meae partes exquirendae magis sententiae quam dandae sunt, Liv. 8, 20, 12: omnes in eam sententiam ierunt, id. 23, 10, 4: cum in hanc sententiam pedibus omnes issent, id. 22, 56, 1: aliquem sequor, aliquem jubebo sententiam dividere, to divide the question, Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 2; cf.: quod fieri in senatu solet ... cum censuit aliquis quod ex parte mihi placeat, jubeo illum dividere sententiam et sequor, id. Ep. 21, 9.—Hence, de eventu fortuna judicat, cui de me sententiam non do, I give no vote, Sen. Ep. 14, 16.—Of the people in the comitia: de singulis magistratibus sententiam ferre, Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 26: de quo foedere populus Romanus sententiam non tulit, id. Balb. 15, 34.—Of the votes of judges: itur in consilium: servus ille innocens omnibus sententiis absolvitur, quo facilius vos hunc omnibus sententiis condemnare possitis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, 100; id. Clu. 26, 72: condemnatur enim perpaucis sententiis, id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, 75: M. Cato (judex) sententiam dixit, pronounced the decision or sentence, id. Off. 3, 16, 66: sententiis paribus reus absolvitur, Sen. Ep. 81, 26.—

2. Ex animi mei (tui) sententiā, in the formula of an oath, to the best of my (your) knowledge and belief, on my (your) conscience: (majores) jurare ex sui animi sententiā quemque voluerunt, Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 146: quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, id non facere perjurium est, id. Off. 3, 29, 108; Liv. 22, 53, 10; 43, 15 fin.—In a play on this signif. and that of ex sententiā, supra: ridicule illud L. Nasica censori Catoni, cum ille: Ex tui animi sententiā tu uxorem habes? Non hercule, inquit, ex animi mei sententiā, Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 260; cf. Quint. 8, 5 init.; Gell. 4, 20, 2 sqq.— Transf., as a formula of assurance: me quidem, ex animi mei sententiā, nulla oratio laedere potest, by my faith, Sall. J. 85, 27.—

II. Transf., of words, discourse, etc., sense, meaning, signification, idea, notion, etc.: sonitum ut possis sentire, neque illam Internoscere, verborum sententiam quae sit, Lucr. 4, 561: cum verbum potest in duas plurisve sententias accipi, Auct. Her. 4, 53, 67: cum continenter verbum non in eādem sententiā ponitur, Cic. Or. 39, 136: formantur et verba et sententiae paene innumerabiliter, id. de Or. 3, 52, 201: cognitā sententiā verba subtiliter exquiri noluerunt, id. Caecin. 20, 57: quod summum bonum a Stoicis dicitur convenienter naturae vivere, id habet hanc, ut opinor, sententiam: cum virtute congruere semper, id. Off. 3, 3, 13: haec (philosophia) nos docuit, ut nosmet ipsos nosceremus: cujus praecepti tanta vis, tanta sententia est, ut ea non homini cuipiam, sed Delphico deo tribueretur, such depth of meaning, id. Leg. 1, 22, 58: legis (with vis), id. ib. 2, 5, 11: de Domitio dixit versum Graecum eādem sententiā, quā etiam nos habemus Latinum: Pereant amici, etc., id. Deiot. 9, 25: est vitium in sententiā, si quid absurdum, aut alienum est, id. Opt. Gen. 3, 7; cf. id. de Or. 3, 52, 200.—

B. Concr.

1. In gen., a thought expressed in words; a sentence, period: dum de singulis sententiis breviter disputo, Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 22: est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia, etc., Hor. S. 1, 10, 9: initia et clausulae sententiarum, Quint. 9, 3, 45; cf. id. 9, 3, 36; 11, 3, 135; 8, 4, 26; 9, 4, 18; 9, 4, 29; 10, 1, 130 al.—

2. In partic., a philosophical proposition, an aphorism, apophthegm, maxim, axiom (cf. praeceptum): selectae (Epicuri) brevesque sententiae, quas appellatis kuri/as do/cas, Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 85: quid est tam jucundum cognitu atque auditu, quam sapientibus sententiis gravibusque verbis ornata oratio et perpolita, id. de Or. 1, 8, 31: acutae, id. ib. 2, 8, 34: concinnae acutaeque, id. Brut. 78, 272; Quint. 8, 5, 2 sq.; 9, 3, 76; 10, 1, 60; 11, 3, 120 al.: (Sophocles) sententiis densus, id. 10, 1, 68; cf. id. 10, 1, 90; 10, 1, 102: subiti ictūs sententiarum, Sen. Ep. 100, 8.