notion Copy link Outline 1. nōtio (a general conception of anything)2. nōtĭtia (like preced., but usu. rather more definite)3. antĭcĭpātio (only as phil. t. t. = Gk. πρόλψις)4. suspīcio (a mere faint n.) • notion: 1. nōtio (a general conception of anything): nor does any other n. underlie this word, nec ulla alia n. huic verbo subjecta est, Cic. Tusc. 5. 10, 29: in phil. sense = Gk. ἔννοια: v. idea (II., 1). 2. nōtĭtia (like preced., but usu. rather more definite): elementary n.s of the greatest things, n. parvae rerum maximarum, Cic. Fin. 5, 21., 60: also used = Gk. ἔννοια, id. Ac. 2, 10, 30. 3. antĭcĭpātio (only as phil. t. t. = Gk. πρόλψις): v. innate (idea). 4. suspīcio (a mere faint n.): not the faintest n. of gods, nulla s. deorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 62. See also idea, II. (throughout). (N.B.--Very oft. expr. by verb: to have right n.s about anything, *aliquam rem recte intelligere, penitus perspectam habere; alicujus rei naturam bene animo [cogitatione, mente] comprehendere, complecti: to have wrong n.s about anything, de aliqua re prave sentire: v. to understand, comprehend; misunderstand.)