vote (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Propr.1. suffrāgium (a ballot, vote)2. sententia (the expressed opinion, vote, of a senator, judex, etc.)3. punctum (lit. a mark made in a wax tablet as a sign of a vote)II. The possessing a v., suffrāgiumIII. Transf. in gen., judgment1. suffrāgium2. sententia3. consensus, ūs • vote (subs.): I. Propr.: 1. suffrāgium (a ballot, vote): the centuries of the equites with six v.s, equitum centuriae cum sex v., Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39: the v.s of the multitude, s. multitudinis, id. Leg. 1, 16, 43: to take the v.s of the centuries, centurias in s. mittere, Liv. 31, 7. 2. sententia (the expressed opinion, vote, of a senator, judex, etc.): Scamander was condemned by the v.s of all (the judices), omnibus s. Scamander condemnatus est, Cic. Clu. 20, 55: he asked the accused whether he preferred the v.s to be given secretly or openly, quaesivit ab reo clam an palam de se sententiam ferri vellet, ib. 3. punctum (lit. a mark made in a wax tablet as a sign of a vote): to obtain v.s, p. ferre, id. Planc. 22, 54. Fig.: he gains every v., omne tulit p., Hor. A. P. 343. II. The possessing a v., suffrāgium: it is the people's right to give v.s, populi esse s. quibus velit impertiri, Liv. 38, 36. Support by v., suffrāgātio: the support of the soldiers has great effect in the consular election, in consule declarando multum auctoritatis habet s. militaris, Cic. Mur. 18, 38. III. Transf. in gen., judgment: 1. suffrāgium: a rhetorician according to your v., rhetor s. tuo, Cic. Phil. 2, 17, 42. 2. sententia: v. opinion. 3. consensus, ūs: the general v. was in favour of peace, omnium c. pax facta, Caes. B. G. 2, 29, extr.: v. consent, decision.