sentence (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Determination or decision as of a judge1. jūdĭcium (sentence of a judge)2. sententia3. arbĭtrium (strictly, the decision of an arbitrator4. dēcrētum (esp. a decree or decision of the senate)II. A maximIII. A short paragraph, a period in writing1. sententia (usu. referring rather to the thought than the form)2. sensus, ūs (not so in Cic.) • sentence (subs.): I. Determination or decision as of a judge: either civil or criminal: 1. jūdĭcium (sentence of a judge): such misfortunes have happened to many of the bravest and best of men by unjust s.s, multis fortissimis atque optimis viris injustis j. tales casus incidisse, Cic. Fam. 5, 17, med.: if the s. of the senate ought to be observed, si senatus j. observari oporteret, Caes. B. G. 1, 45. 2. sententia: they said that they could not pronounce the s. safely, negaverunt se posse s. tuto dicere, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 2, init.: M. Cato, the judge, pronounced the s., M. Cato, judex, sententiam dixit, id. Off. 3, 16, 66. 3. arbĭtrium (strictly, the decision of an arbitrator: hence in wider sense of any decisive sentence): when Minos shall have passed his august s. upon you, cum de te splendida Minos fecerit arbitria, Hor. Od. 4, 7, 21: to pass s., arbitria agere, Liv. 24, 45, med. 4. dēcrētum (esp. a decree or decision of the senate): Caes. B. C. 3, 21: Cic. Mur. 13, fin. (responsa et decreta). II. A maxim: sententia: v. maxim. III. A short paragraph, a period in writing: 1. sententia (usu. referring rather to the thought than the form): whilst I argue briefly about each s., dum de singulis s. breviter disputo, Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 22: the beginnings and ends of s.s, initia et clausulae sententiarum, Quint. 9, 3, 45. 2. sensus, ūs (not so in Cic.): every s. has its own end: omnis s. suum finem habet, Quint. 9, 4, 61: it is much the best to end a s. with a verb, verbo s. claudere multo optimum est, id. 9, 4, 26.