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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• opinion:
    1. I. In gen. sense, a judgment formed by the mind:
      1. 1. sententia (way of thinking: rather stronger than Eng.): a settled and well-founded o. concerning the gods, de diis stabilis certaque s., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 2: I am still of the same o., that we should do nothing, adhuc in hac sum s., nihil ut faciamus, id. Fam. 4, 4, fin.: to persist in one's o., in s. perstare, id. R. Com. extr.: in my o. (parenthetically), meâ s., id. de Or. 2, 23, 95: to ask any one for his o. (in the senate), aliquem sententiam rogare, id. Rep. 2, 20: to express one's o. at length (in the senate), accurate s. dicere, id. Att. 4, 1.
      2. 2. ŏpīnio (supposition, belief): to hold an o. (or belief), o. habere (foll. by acc. and inf.), Cic. Div. 2, 33, 70: to share a popular o., in populari o. esse, id. Clu. 51, fin.: in my o., ut o. mea fert, id. Font. 13, 29.
      3. 3. jūdĭcium (deliberate o.): it was always my o. (or conviction), meum semper j. fuit, Cic. Tusc. 1, init.: in my o. at least, meo quidem j., id. Br. 8, 32: v. judgment.
      4. 4. censūra (a critical o.): to form an o. concerning any one's writings, de alicujus scripto judicium] censuramque facere, Gell. 12, 2. Phr.: to entertain an o., sentire, judicare, censēre (v. to think, judge): to be of one and the same o., unum atque idem sentire, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14: this is my decision, this my o., sic decerno, sic sentio, id. Rep. 1, 46: to entertain the same o.s as another, cum aliquo sentire, Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 24: Cic.: to differ in o., dissentire: their o.s differ, inter se dissentiunt, id. Fin. 2, 6, 19: to ask any one's o., consulere (v. to consult): it is my o., mihi videtur: id. Tusc. 5, 5, 12.
    2. II. A dogma or tenet:
      1. 1. plăcĭtum (rare): the o.s of physicians, medicorum placita, Plin. 14, 22, 28 § 143: M. L. (Better expr. by plăcet: it is the o. of Carneades, that there are ..., Carneadi placet esse ..., Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 99: Hor. S. 1, 3, 96.)
      2. 2. dogma, ătis, n. (Gr. δόγμα and so perhaps always written by Cic.: cf. Ac. 2, 9, 29, decretum, scitis enim jam hoc me δόγμα dicere): Mart. 1, 8, 2: Juv.: M. L. (N.B.--Cic.'s translation, decretum, has not been adopted by other writers.)
      3. 3. collectively, doctrīna, disciplīna: v. doctrine, teaching.
    3. III. Estimate of character, abilities, etc.
      1. 1. ŏpīnio: I will not disappoint your good o. (of me), non fallam o. tuam., Cic. Fam. 1, 6: to form an unfavourable o. of any one, de aliquo malam o. animo imbibere, id. Verr. Act. 1, 14, 42: Caes.
      2. 2. existĭmātio: the good o. entertained by soldiers of their commander, militis de imperatore ex., Liv. 4, 41, init.: Caes. Phr.: to form an o. of any one's abilities, de alicujus ingenio existimare, Cic. Br. 21, 82: v. to judge. See also reputation.