ESTIMATE Copy link • ESTIMATE 1. s. Calculated expense of a work, pecuniae conspectus ad totum opus absolvendum (Gell., 19, 10) :aestimatio (Vitr., praef., 10): rationes operis, antequam instituatur, expeditae (Vid: Vitr. praef., lib. 10): to make an estimate, sumtus aedificii consummare (Vitr., 1, 1, 4). Let architects make a careful estimate, architecti diligenter modum impensarum ratiocinantes explicent (Vitr., ib.), or caute summaque diligentia, antequam instituantur opera, eorum expediant rationes (ib.): that men may get their houses completed for little more than the estimate had prepared them to expect, ut homines, etc., ad id, quod praeparaverint, seu paulo amplius adjicientes, aedificia expediant (i. e., for little more than what they have got ready to meet the expense with; Vitr. ib.): when the whole expense agrees exactly with the estimate, cum ad dictum impensa respondet (Vitr., ib.): every architect who contracts for the building of a public work, delivers in an estimate, architectus, cum publicum opus curandum recipit, pollicetur, quanto sumtu id futurum sit (Vitr., ib.): to give a copy of the estimate to anybody, aestimationem tradere alicui (Vitr., ib.): to add anything to the estimate, ad aestimationem adjicere aliquid (Vitr., ib.). Calculation, judgement, opinion, etc., Vid: A just estimate of his own powers (character, etc.), aequa ac par sui aestimatio (Velleius, 1, 97). 2. v. Value, Vid: Calculate, compute, Vid.