estimate (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Of money or dimensionII. In wider sense, judgment, appreciation1. jūdĭcium (any judgment or deliberately formed opinion)2. aestĭmātio • estimate (subs.): I. Of money or dimension: aestĭmātio (valuation, assessment): the entire power of making an e. of a person's property, potestas omnis ae. habendae summaeque faciendae, Cic. Verr. 2, 53, 131: to deliver an e. (of expense contemplated), ae. tradere, Vitr. 10, pref.: if the e. is exceeded by not more than 25 per cent., si non amplius quam quarta ad ae. est adjicienda, Vitr. l. c. Phr.: when the outlay corresponds to the e., quum ad dictum impensa respondet, Vitr. l. c.: to be careful in drawing out e.s, diligenter modum expensarum explicare; caute summaque diligentia [antequam instituantur] operum rationes expedire, Vitr. l. c. See also to estimate. II. In wider sense, judgment, appreciation: 1. jūdĭcium (any judgment or deliberately formed opinion): to form an e. of people's worth, j. facere quanti quisque faciendus esset, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, init.: to disappoint any one's e. of you (by misconduct), alicujus j. fallere, Auct. B. Alex. 15. 2. aestĭmātio: to form a lower e. of oneself than is formed by others, infra aliorum aestimationes se metiri, Vell. 2, 127, fin. Phr.: to form an e. of any one, judicare de aliquo, Brut. in Cic. Fam. 11, 10.
estimate (v.) Copy link Outline 1. aestĭmo, 12. censeo, 2 • estimate (v.): 1. aestĭmo, 1: to e. the damages or penalty, litem ae., Cic.: Liv.: Nep.: one half the size of Britain, as is e.d, dimidio minor ut aestimatur quam Britannia, Caes. B. G. 5, 13. 2. censeo, 2: v. to assess. See also to calculate, compute.
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.