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cōgĭtātĭo (noun F) : cogito, i. e. co-agito; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 43; Cic. Off. 1, 6, 19; Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 7 Müll..
* Abstr., a thinking, considering, deliberating; thought, reflection, meditation (in good prose, and very freq.).
* Absol.: cogitatio in se ipsā vertitur,Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156: cogitatione aliquid complecti,Quint. 11, 2, 19: subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio et cogitatio facile vincit,Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf. Quint. 10, 6, 1 sq.: speciem dei percipere cogitatione, non sensu,Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 105: cogitatione aliquid comprehendere,id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50; 4, 13, 29: cogitatio enim quamvis regionem potest amplecti,Auct. Her. 3, 19, 32: acerrima et attentissima,Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17: tacita,Quint. 5, 7, 2; cf. id. 6, 1, 44: provisa et formata,id. 10, 7, 8: fortuita,id. 10, 3, 29: male cohaerentem,id. 10, 6, 6: simplices, magnas,Tac. G. 22.
* Meton.
* With rel.: quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem,Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4: mihi... occurrit cogitatio, qualis animus in corpore sit, etc.,id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51: cujus sit filius, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 3.
* Concr., a thought, opinion, judgment; a resolution, design. plan, project: omnes meas curas cogitationesque in rem publicam conferebam,Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2; cf. id. Lael. 9, 32; Liv. 35, 28, 7: mandare litteris cogitationes suas,Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 6: versantur in animo meo multae et graves cogitationes, etc.,id. Agr. 2, 2, 5; cf. Curt. 8, 3, 14: tacitae,Quint. 11, 2, 17; cf. id. 3, 8, 41: posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse,Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5 (transl. of Αἱ δεύτεραί πως φροντίδες σοφώτεραι): ista cogitatio de triumpho,id. Att. 7, 3, 2: redit autem illa cogitatio, quosdam fore qui, etc.,Quint. 1, 7, 33: de his rebus rogo vos, ut cogitationem suscipiatis, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4: cogitatione rerum novarum abstinere,Tac. H. 1, 7; cf. id. ib. 1, 23; 2, 74; id. A. 15, 54: vix a tam praecipiti cogitatione revocatus,Suet. Calig. 48.
* In Cic. several times, thought as an intellectual power, the ability of thinking, power or faculty of thought, the reasoning power (cf.: vim cogitationis habere,Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66): (homo) solus particeps rationis et cogitationis,id. Leg. 1, 7, 22; id. N. D. 3, 9, 21; 2, 7, 18; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134.
* Abstr., a thinking, considering, deliberating; thought, reflection, meditation (in good prose, and very freq.).
* Absol.: cogitatio in se ipsā vertitur,Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156: cogitatione aliquid complecti,Quint. 11, 2, 19: subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio et cogitatio facile vincit,Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf. Quint. 10, 6, 1 sq.: speciem dei percipere cogitatione, non sensu,Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 105: cogitatione aliquid comprehendere,id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50; 4, 13, 29: cogitatio enim quamvis regionem potest amplecti,Auct. Her. 3, 19, 32: acerrima et attentissima,Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17: tacita,Quint. 5, 7, 2; cf. id. 6, 1, 44: provisa et formata,id. 10, 7, 8: fortuita,id. 10, 3, 29: male cohaerentem,id. 10, 6, 6: simplices, magnas,Tac. G. 22.
* Meton.
* With rel.: quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem,Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4: mihi... occurrit cogitatio, qualis animus in corpore sit, etc.,id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51: cujus sit filius, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 3.
* Concr., a thought, opinion, judgment; a resolution, design. plan, project: omnes meas curas cogitationesque in rem publicam conferebam,Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2; cf. id. Lael. 9, 32; Liv. 35, 28, 7: mandare litteris cogitationes suas,Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 6: versantur in animo meo multae et graves cogitationes, etc.,id. Agr. 2, 2, 5; cf. Curt. 8, 3, 14: tacitae,Quint. 11, 2, 17; cf. id. 3, 8, 41: posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse,Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5 (transl. of Αἱ δεύτεραί πως φροντίδες σοφώτεραι): ista cogitatio de triumpho,id. Att. 7, 3, 2: redit autem illa cogitatio, quosdam fore qui, etc.,Quint. 1, 7, 33: de his rebus rogo vos, ut cogitationem suscipiatis, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4: cogitatione rerum novarum abstinere,Tac. H. 1, 7; cf. id. ib. 1, 23; 2, 74; id. A. 15, 54: vix a tam praecipiti cogitatione revocatus,Suet. Calig. 48.
* In Cic. several times, thought as an intellectual power, the ability of thinking, power or faculty of thought, the reasoning power (cf.: vim cogitationis habere,Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66): (homo) solus particeps rationis et cogitationis,id. Leg. 1, 7, 22; id. N. D. 3, 9, 21; 2, 7, 18; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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