(verb) : sentĭo, si, sum, 4 (
* Perf. sync. sensti, Ter. And. 5, 3, 11)
* Physically.
* In gen., to discern by the senses; to feel, hear, see, etc.; to perceive, be sensible of (syn. percipio).
* Mentally.
* In partic.
* Transf. (in consequence of mental perception), to think, deem, judge, opine, imagine, suppose (syn.: opinor, arbitror): si ita sensit, ut loquitur, est homo impurus,Cic. Rep. 3, 21, 32; cf.: jocansne an ita sentiens,id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Rep. 3, 5, 8: fleri potest, ut recte quis sentiat, et id quod sentit, polite eloqui non possit,id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6: humiliter demisseque sentire,id. ib. 5, 9, 24: tecum aperte, quod sentio, loquar,id. Rep. 1, 10, 15; cf.: quod sentio scribere,id. Fam. 15, 16, 3: causa est haec sola, in quā omnes sentirent unum atque idem,id. Cat. 4, 7, 14: idemque et unum sentire,Suet. Ner. 43: sapiens de dis immortalibus sine ullo metu vera sentit,Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 62.—With acc. and inf.: idem, quod ego, sentit, te esse huic rei caput,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 29; cf.: nos quidem hoc sentimus: si, etc. ... non esse cunctandum,Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5: voluptatem hanc esse sentiunt omnes,id. Fin. 2, 3, 6 Madv. ad loc.: sensit in omni disputatione id fieri oportere,id. ib. 2, 2, 4; 5, 8, 23; id. Tusc. 5, 28, 82; id. Att. 7, 6, 2; id. Fam. 1, 7, 5: sic decerno, sic sentio, sic affirmo, nullam rerum publicarum conferendam esse cum eā, quam, etc.,id. Rep. 1, 46, 70.—With two acc. (very rare): aliquem bonum civem,Cic. Off. 1, 34, 125 (cf. id. Fin. 2, 3, 0, supra, where Orell. omits esse).—With de and abl.: cum de illo genere rei publicae quae sentio dixero,Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65; so, quid de re publicā,id. ib. 1, 21, 34; 1, 38, 60: quid de quo,id. ib. 1, 11: quid gravius de vobis,Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 4; Cic. Rep. 1, 13, 19; cf.: qui omnia de re publicā praeclara atque egregia sentirent,were full of the most noble and generous sentiments,id. Cat. 3, 2, 5: mirabiliter de te et loquuntur et sentiunt,id. Fam. 4, 13, 5: male de illo,Quint. 2, 2, 12: sentire cum aliquo, to agree with one in opinion: tecum sentio,Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 24; id. Ps. 4, 2, 3: cum Caesare sentire,Cic. Att. 7, 1, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; cf.: nae iste haud mecum sentit,Ter. And. 2, 1, 24: ab aliquo sentire, to dissent from, disagree with: abs te seorsum sentio,judge otherwise, think differently,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52: ut abs te seorsus sentiam De uxoriā re, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.: Gr. Omnia istaec facile patior, dum hic hinc a me sentiat. Tr. Atqui nunc abs te stat, is on my side, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 56 (cf. ab); cf. also: qui aliunde stet semper, aliunde sentiat,Liv. 24, 45, 3.
* Of things: pupula cum sentire colorem dicitur album,Lucr. 2, 811 sq. —Absol.: haud igitur aures per se possunt sentire,Lucr. 3, 633: si quis corpus sentire refutat,id. 3, 350; 3, 354; cf. id. 3, 552; 3, 625.
* To perceive the effects (esp. the ill effects) of any thing; to feel, experience, suffer, undergo, endure: sentiet, qui vir siem,Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 21: jam curabo sentiat, Quos attentarit,Phaedr. 5, 2, 6: quid ipse ad Avaricum sensisset, etc.,Caes. B. G. 7, 52; cf. Liv. 45, 28, 6: Centupirini etiam ceterarum civitatum damna ac detrimenta senserunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 45, § 108; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 38; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 127: tecum Philippos et celerem fugam Sensi,Hor. C. 2, 7, 10: (Apollinem) vindicem,id. ib. 4, 6, 3: caecos motus orientis austri,id. ib. 3, 27, 22: contracta aequora (pisces),id. ib. 3, 1, 33: prima arma nostra (Salyi),Flor. 3, 2, 3: sentire paulatim belli mala,Tac. H. 1, 89: famem,Liv. 25, 13, 1; Curt. 9, 10, 11: damnum,Liv. 2, 64, 6: cladem belli,id. 35, 33, 6: inopiam rerum omnium,id. 43, 22, 10; 44. 7, 6: incommoda belli,id. 44, 14, 10: lassitudo jam et sitis sentiebatur,id. 44, 36, 2: ubi primum dolorem aliquis sentit,Cels. 6, 7 init.; cf. Lact. 7, 20, 7: cujus ulceris dolorem sentire etiam spectantes videntur,Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 59: corporis aegri vitia sentire,Curt. 8, 10, 29: qui in urbe se commoverit ... sentiet, in hac urbe esse consules vigilantes, esse egregios magistratus, etc.,Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27; cf. id. Sest. 28, 69; Ov. M. 13, 864.—Absol.: iste tuus ipse sentiet Posterius,Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 59.—Of beasts, etc.: oves penuriam sentiunt,Col. 7, 9, 3 sq.: frigus aut aestum,id. 7, 4, 7: praegelidam hiemem omnes pisces sentiunt,Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 57.
* Of things, to be affected or influenced by: meae istuc scapulae sentiunt,Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 25; Liv. 9, 37: transitum exercitus (ager),id. 9, 41, 58: pestilentem Africum (Fecunda vitis),Hor. C. 3, 23, 5: lacus et mare amorem Festinantis eri,id. Ep. 1, 1, 84: alnos fluvii cavatas,Verg. G. 1, 136 al.; cf. Plin. Pan. 31, 5: carbunculi cum ipsi non sentiant ignes,Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 92: eadem (gemma) sola nobilium limam sentit,is affected by,id. 37, 8, 32, § 109: cum amnis sentit aestatem, et ad minimum deductus est,Sen. Ira, 3, 21, 1: miramur quod accessionem fluminum maria non sentiant,id. Q. N. 3, 4: illa primum saxa auctum fluminis sentiunt, id. ib. 4, 2, 7: totum mare sentit exortum ejus sideris,Plin. 9, 16, 25, § 58: caseus vetustatem,id. 11, 42, 97, § 242: herba cariem,id. 12, 7, 14, § 28: ferrum robiginem,id. 34, 14, 41, § 143.
* In the elder Pliny, to be susceptible of, to be subject or liable to a disease: morbos,Plin. 9, 49, 73, § 156: rabiem,id. 8, 18, 26, § 68: cariem,id. 12, 7, 14, § 28.
* Lit., to feel, perceive, observe, notice (syn. intellego).
* With acc.: id jam pridem sensi et subolet mihi,Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 7; so, quid,id. Truc. 1, 1, 39: quando Aesculapi ita sentio sententiam,I observe, understand,id. Curc. 2, 1, 2: primus sentio mala nostra,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 7: numquam illum ne minimā quidem re offendi, quod quidem senserim,that I have perceived,Cic. Lael. 27, 103: ut cui bene quid processerit, multum illum providisse, cui secus, nihil sensisse dicamus,id. Rab. Post. 1, 1: praesentia numina sentit,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 134; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 162; id. C. S. 73 et saep.: de victoriā atque exitu rerum sentire,Caes. B. G. 7, 52: omnia me illa sentire quae dicerem, nec tantum sentire, sed amare,Sen. Ep. 75, 3: illum sensisse quae scripsit,id. ib. 100, 11.—Poet.: ut vestram sentirent aequora curam,Ov. M. 5, 557: nec inania Tartara sentit,i. e. does not die,id. ib. 12, 619.
* To feel, experience (with acc. of the feeling; rare): quidquid est quod sensum habet, id necesse est sentiat et voluptatem et dolorem,Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 36: tenesne memoriā quantum senseris gaudium, cum, etc.,Sen. Ep. 4, 2: non sentire amisso amico dolorem,id. ib. 99, 26; 121, 7: victoriae tantae gaudium sentire,Liv. 44, 44, 3; cf.: segnius homines bona quam mala sentire,id. 30, 21, 6.
* With rel.- or interrog.-clause: scio ego et sentio ipse, quid agam,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 13: jam dudum equidem sentio, suspicio Quae te sollicitet,id. Bacch. 4, 8, 49: quoniam sentio, Quae res gereretur,id. ib. 2, 3, 56: si quid est in me ingenii, quod sentio quam sit exiguum,Cic. Arch. 1, 1: ex quo fonte hauriam, sentio,id. ib. 6, 13: victrices catervae Sensere, quid mens rite, quid indoles ... Posset,Hor. C. 4, 4, 25.—With the indic., in a rel.clause: sentio, quam rem agitis,Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 14.
* With de: hostes postea quam de profectione eorum senserunt,became aware of their retreat,Caes. B. G. 5, 32; 7, 52.—(ε) With nom. of part. (poet.): sensit terrae sola maculans,Cat. 63, 6: sensit medios delapsus in hostis,Verg. A. 2, 377.—(ζ) Absol.: vehementer mihi est irata: sentio atque intellego,Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 64; cf. id. Trin. 3, 2, 72; id. Mil. 2, 6, 97: mentes sapientium cum e corpore excessissent sentire ac vigere (opp. carere sensu),Cic. Sest. 21, 47; cf. id. Rep. 6, 24, 26: (Aristoteles) paeana probat eoque ait uti omnes, sed ipsos non sentire cum utantur,id. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 52: priusquam hostes sentirent,Liv. 34, 14; 2, 25; 22, 4.— Impers. pass.: non ut dictum est, in eo genere intellegitur, sed ut sensum est,Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 168.
* In partic., publicists' and jurid. t. t., to give one's opinion concerning any thing; to vote, declare, decide (syn. censeo): sedens iis assensi, qui mihi lenissime sentire visi sunt,Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9; 11, 21, 2; 3, 8, 9: quae vult Hortensius omnia dicat et sentiat,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 76: si judices pro causā meā senserint,decided in my favor,Gell. 5, 10, 14; cf.: in illam partem ite quā sentitis, Vet. Form. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 20.—Hence, sensa, ōrum, n. (acc. to II. B.).
* Thoughts, notions, ideas, conceptions (class. but very rare): sententiam veteres, quod animo sensissent, vocaverunt ... Non raro tamen et sic locuti sunt, ut sensa sua dicerent: nam sensus corporis videbantur, etc.,Quint. 8, 5, 1: exprimere dicendo sensa,Cic. de Or 1, 8, 32: sensa mentis et consilia verbis explicare,id. ib. 3, 14, 55.
* Opinions, doctrines (late Lat.): sensa et inventa Disarii,Macr. S. 7, 5, 4.