Assensus, & approbatio. Cic. Varius assensus. Virg.Diuersitie of opinions.Mereri assensum deliberantis. Quint. Obsistere visis, assensúsque suos sirmè sustinere.Cic.Constantly to stay his assent and net agree.
Assentior, assentîris, assentíri, Deponens. Idem quod Assentio. Cui assensi sunt ad vnum. Cic.To whome they agreed euery chone.Illud assentior Theophrasto.Cic.As touching that, I agree to Theaphrast.Mihi est assensus Senatus de obtinÊdis prouincijs.Cic.The Senate condesceuded to me, as concerning, &c.Valde, tibi assentior.Cic.I am wholly of thy opinion.Assensum est Bibulo.Cic.They consented or agreed to his opinion.
as-sentĭor (ads-, Fleck., B. and K., Halm, Weissenb.; ass-, Merk.), sensus, 4, v. dep. [sentio] (the act. form assentio, īre, was out of use even in the time of Varro, Varr. L. L. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 9; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 1, 5, 55. The middle use of the word corresponds far better with its signif. than the active; for while adsentio prop. signif. only sentiendo accedere ad aliquem or aliquid, to make known one's inclination or feeling toward any object, whether in favor of or against it; the middle, assentior, = sentiendo se applicare, designates a friendly joining of one's self to any one. The act. form, adsentio, is found in Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 192; id. Rud. 4, 3, 36; Att. and Pompon. ap. Non. p. 469, 16 sq.; Verg. A. 2, 130; in Cic. only three times in epist. style (which is worthy of notice; cf. absque), Fam. 5, 2, 9; Att. 9, 9; and ad Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2; cf. Diom. p. 377 P.; but after the time of the poets of the Aug. per. it is often found, particularly in the post-Aug. histt., together with the class. mid. form, used in like manner: assensit precibus Rhamnusia justis, Ov. M. 3, 406; 9, 259; 14, 592 al.: cum de aliis rebus adsentire se veteribus Gabinis diceret, Liv. 1, 54: Adsensere atque etc., Tac. H. 5, 3; id. A. 3, 51; 3, 23; Suet. Vesp. 6; Curt. 4, 13, 4; Gell. 6, 5, 5 al.), lit., to join one in opinion, to agree with; hence, to assent to, give assent, to approve, give approval; with dat. or absol.: adsensus sum homini, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 801: Adsentio, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 36: adsensi sunt omnes, Vulg. Gen. 34, 24: cum saepissime tibi senatus maximis sit de rebus adsensus, Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214; id. Balb. 27: si ulli rei sapiens adsentietur, id. Ac. 2, 21, 67: cui (sententiae) sunt adsensi ad unum, id. Fam. 10, 16: quibus (verbis) adsensi sunt in conspectu meo, Vulg. Jer. 34, 24; ib. 2 Macc. 14, 26: in quibus adsentior sollicitam et periculosam justitiam non esse sapientis, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 801 P.: sapientem, si adsensurus esset, etiam opinaturum, etc., id. Ac. 2, 21, 67: verbo adsentiri, Sall. C. 52, 1: omnes adsensi sunt partibus dividundis, Liv. 25, 30; 41, 24 al.: cui non adsentior, Quint. 9, 3, 49 Spald.: ne adsentiri necesse esset, Suet. Caes. 80 et saep.—So of conduct, to yield: quam ob rem adsentire nobis, Vulg. Dan. 13, 20.— With neutr. acc. aliquid, cetera, etc.: non habeo autem quid tibi adsentiar, Cic. N. D. 3, 25, 64: vitiosum est adsentiri quidquam falsum, id. Ac. 2, 21, 68: cetera adsentior Crasso, id. de Or. 1, 9, 35: Mihi quoque adsunt testes, qui illut quod ego dicam adsentiant, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 192: illud quod a te dictum est, valde tibi adsentior, Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 126; so id. ib. 3, 48, 182.!*? Pass.: is (sapiens) multa sequitur probabilia, non comprehensa neque percepta neque adsensa, sed similia veri, nor assented to as perceived by sense (cf. assensio and assensus), Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 99.—And impers.: Bibulo adsensum est, Cic. Fam. 1, 2.