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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.
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• OPINION
opinio (any uncertain view or conjecture): sententia (especially an opinion well founded, and also expressed): existimatio (an opinion, view entertained with reference to the value of a person or thing): persuasio (a view founded on persuasion, belief, imagination): judicium (founded on judgement): auctoritas (judgement; of a magistrate, etc.; hence proper word of the Senate): vox (the expression of an opinion; Vid: Cic., Ecl., p. 226): praeceptum, decretum, dogma, -atis, neuter, placitum (a doctrine of a teacher, especially of a philosopher [Vid: PRINCIPLE]: A false opinion, opinio falsa; pravum judicium; error (an errour): perverse, wrong opinions, opiniones falsae; opinionum commenta (whims, fancies): settled or deeply-rooted opinions, opinio confirmata: the common opinion, opinio vulgaris or vulgi; sententia vulgaris: the general opinion, communis hominum opinio; opinio vulgata: public opinion, existimatio vuigi; existimatio communis (rumor, classical, but rare; not used in this sense by Caes.): to lose in public opinion, apud populum de existimatione sua deperdere: a person stands badly in public opinion, male de aliquo ab hominibus existimatur: according to the common opinion, ad vulgi opinionem; ex vulgi opinione: according to my opinion, mea quidem opinione; (ex or de) mea sententia; ut mihi quidem videtur; ut opinor; ut puto; quantum equidem judicare possum (as far as I can judge): to entertain a false opinion, falsa opinio me tenet; persuasione labi: to have a wrong opinion of anything, falsam opinionem de re habere; falsam sibi alicujus rei persuasionem induisse; male or perperam judicare de re (to judge wrongly): to have a right or correct opinion of anything, vere or recte judicare de re: to have a wrong opinion of anyone, male existimare de aliquo: to have a tolerably good opinion of anybody’s character, opinionem nonnullam de alicujus moribus habere: to have a good opinion of anyone, bene de aliquo existimare: to have a high opinion of anyone, magnam de aliquo habere opinionem; magna est alicujus de aliqua re opinio: men have a high opinion of you, magna est hominum de te opinio: to have too high an opinion of anybody’s talent, nimiam opinionem de alicujus ingenio et virtute habere (after Nep., Alcib., 7, 3): the cavalry of the Treviri, of whose excellence the Gauls have a very high opinion, equites Treviri, quorum inter Gallos virtutis est opinio singularis: to have a high opinion of one’s self, multum sibi tribuere; se aliquem esse putare; magnifice de se statuere; magnos sibi sumere spiritus (to be puffed up): to have an opinion, to be of the opinion, opinionem habere; opinione duci; opinari, etc. [Vid: To BELIEVE, MAINTAIN]: I am of that opinion, eam habeo opinionem; sum hujus opinionis: some (in the council) were of opinion that, etc., nonnullae hujusmodi sententiae dicebantur, ut, etc.: the opinion of many was, that, etc., multorum eo inclinabant sententiae, ut, etc.: I am rather of the opinion of those who, etc., eorum magis sententiae sum, qui, etc.: to be of one’s opinion, alicujus sententiam assentione comprobare (to approve of by assent); alicujus sententiam sequi (to follow it); ad alicujus sententiam accedere (to come over to, accede to); ire, pedibus ire, discedere, concedere, transire in alicujus sententiam (of a senator, when he went over to the side of one whose opinion had been delivered; transire, to go over from one to another): I am of the same opinion, in eadem sum sententia; idem or unum idemque sentio; consentio: I am of the same opinion with anybody, non dissentio ab aliquo: I am quite of the same opinion with anybody, prorsus ut aliquis dicit, sentio: I am of another opinion, aliter sentio: I am quite of another opinion, longe mihi alia mens est: a person hesitates in opinion, aliquem duae sententiae distinent (vacillates between two opinions; Tac., Hist., 1, 32, 1): they are divided in opinion, in diversas, in contrarias, sententias discedunt; inter se discrepant: to be of a very different opinion, magnopere dissentire; from anyone, ab aliquo: to be quite of an opposite opinion, in alia omnia ire or discedere: to have a different opinion of anything, non idem sentire de re: people’s opinions are different, varia sunt hominum judicia; (widely different), magna dissensio est de re; de re variae hominum sunt discrepantesque sententiae: yes, that is my opinion, mihi vero sic placet; sic hoc mihi videtur: to give one’s opinion, sententiam dicere, ferre, dare (to declare one’s judgement; ☞ for which modern writers incorrectly say judicium ferre); dico quod sentiam, sententiam meam aperio; quae mens suppetit eloqui (to express one’s views or thoughts): I will candidly give my opinion, dicam ex animo quod sentio; respondere de jure (of a lawyer consulted): to ask a person for his opinion, quaerere, quid aliquis sentiat: to desire to know anybody’s opinion, participem esse velle sententiae alicujus: to take the opinion of anybody, consulere aliquem; on any matter, de aliqua re: to take the opinion of the Senate on a matter, rem referre (☞ not deferre) ad senatum: to cause one to change his opinion, aliquem de sententia movere, deducere (general term); aliquem in sententiam meam adduco, aliquem ad sententiam meam traduco (so that he abandons his opinion and adopts mine): to change one’s opinion, sententiam mutare; de sententia decedere, desistere: my opinion inclines to, inclinat sententia ad, etc.; to remove an opinion from anybody, aliquem opinione levare; (more strongly), alicui or ex alicujus animo opinionem evellere: to imbibe an opinion, opinionem concipere, mente comprehendere, animo imbibere: I become confirmed in my opinion, opinio mihi confirmatur: wedded to an opinion, sententiae alicui quasi addictus et consecratus: to give up, renounce, abandon an opinion, decedere a sententia; discedere a sententia (of a senator who changes sides): to differ from anyone in opinion, dissentire, dissidere ab aliquo.