sentĭo Copy link Outline I. Physically.A. In gen., to discern by the senses; to feel ...(a). With acc.(b). With inf. or an, object-clause(g). Absol.b. Of thingsB. In partic.1. To perceive the effects of any thing; ...b. Of things, to be affected or influenced by ...2. In the elder Pliny, to be susceptible of ...II. Mentally.A. Lit., to feel, perceive, observe, notice ...(a). With acc.(b). With inf. or an obj.-clause(g). With rel.- or interrog.-clause(d). With deB. To feel, experienceIII. Transf. , ...B. In partic., publicists' and jurid. t. t., ...1. Thoughts, notions, ideas, conceptions ...2. Opinions, doctrines ⓘsēnsē: adverbialsēnse: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg • sentĭo, si, sum, 4 (perf. sync. sensti, Ter. And. 5, 3, 11), v. a. I. Physically. A. In gen., to discern by the senses; to feel, hear, see, etc.; to perceive, be sensible of (syn. percipio). α. With acc.: calorem et frigus, Lucr. 1, 496; cf.: duritiem saxi, id. 4, 268; 3, 381 sq.: feram nare sagaci (venaticā), Enn. ap. Fest. p. 177 Müll. (Ann. v. 346 Vahl.): varios rerum odores, Lucr. 1, 298: sucum in ore, id. 4, 617 sq.: suavitatem cibi, Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 115: varios rerum colores, Lucr. 4, 492: sonitum, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 69: nil aegri, Lucr. 3, 832: utrumque (calorem et frigus) manu, id. 1, 496: famem, Liv. 25, 13: morbos articularios, Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 39.—In mal. part.: sensit delphina Melantho, Ov. M. 6, 120.—Pass.: posse prius ad angustias veniri, quam sentirentur, before they should be observed, Caes. B. C. 1, 67.— β. With inf. or an, object-clause: sei movero me seu secari sensero, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 40: sentio aperiri fores. id. Truc. 2, 3, 29: nec quisquam moriens sentire videtur, Ire foras animam, Lucr. 3, 607: sentire sonare, id. 4, 229 Munro.— γ. Absol.: perpetuo quoniam sentimus, Lucr. 4, 228; 6, 935; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 77: qui (homines) corruant, sed ita, ut ne vicini quidem sentiant, Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 21.— b. Of things: pupula cum sentire colorem dicitur album, Lucr. 2, 811 sq. —Absol.: haud igitur aures per se possunt sentire, Lucr. 3, 633: si quis corpus sentire refutat, id. 3, 350; 3, 354; cf. id. 3, 552; 3, 625.— B. In partic. 1. To perceive the effects (esp. the ill effects) of any thing; to feel, experience, suffer, undergo, endure: sentiet, qui vir siem, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 21: jam curabo sentiat, Quos attentarit, Phaedr. 5, 2, 6: quid ipse ad Avaricum sensisset, etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 52; cf. Liv. 45, 28, 6: Centupirini etiam ceterarum civitatum damna ac detrimenta senserunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 45, § 108; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 38; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 127: tecum Philippos et celerem fugam Sensi, Hor. C. 2, 7, 10: (Apollinem) vindicem, id. ib. 4, 6, 3: caecos motus orientis austri, id. ib. 3, 27, 22: contracta aequora (pisces), id. ib. 3, 1, 33: prima arma nostra (Salyi), Flor. 3, 2, 3: sentire paulatim belli mala, Tac. H. 1, 89: famem, Liv. 25, 13, 1; Curt. 9, 10, 11: damnum, Liv. 2, 64, 6: cladem belli, id. 35, 33, 6: inopiam rerum omnium, id. 43, 22, 10; 44. 7, 6: incommoda belli, id. 44, 14, 10: lassitudo jam et sitis sentiebatur, id. 44, 36, 2: ubi primum dolorem aliquis sentit, Cels. 6, 7 init.; cf. Lact. 7, 20, 7: cujus ulceris dolorem sentire etiam spectantes videntur, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 59: corporis aegri vitia sentire, Curt. 8, 10, 29: qui in urbe se commoverit ... sentiet, in hac urbe esse consules vigilantes, esse egregios magistratus, etc., Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27; cf. id. Sest. 28, 69; Ov. M. 13, 864.—Absol.: iste tuus ipse sentiet Posterius, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 59.—Of beasts, etc.: oves penuriam sentiunt, Col. 7, 9, 3 sq.: frigus aut aestum, id. 7, 4, 7: praegelidam hiemem omnes pisces sentiunt, Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 57.— b. Of things, to be affected or influenced by: meae istuc scapulae sentiunt, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 25; Liv. 9, 37: transitum exercitus (ager), id. 9, 41, 58: pestilentem Africum (Fecunda vitis), Hor. C. 3, 23, 5: lacus et mare amorem Festinantis eri, id. Ep. 1, 1, 84: alnos fluvii cavatas, Verg. G. 1, 136 al.; cf. Plin. Pan. 31, 5: carbunculi cum ipsi non sentiant ignes, Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 92: eadem (gemma) sola nobilium limam sentit, is affected by, id. 37, 8, 32, § 109: cum amnis sentit aestatem, et ad minimum deductus est, Sen. Ira, 3, 21, 1: miramur quod accessionem fluminum maria non sentiant, id. Q. N. 3, 4: illa primum saxa auctum fluminis sentiunt, id. ib. 4, 2, 7: totum mare sentit exortum ejus sideris, Plin. 9, 16, 25, § 58: caseus vetustatem, id. 11, 42, 97, § 242: herba cariem, id. 12, 7, 14, § 28: ferrum robiginem, id. 34, 14, 41, § 143. — 2. In the elder Pliny, to be susceptible of, to be subject or liable to a disease: morbos, Plin. 9, 49, 73, § 156: rabiem, id. 8, 18, 26, § 68: cariem, id. 12, 7, 14, § 28.— II. Mentally. A. Lit., to feel, perceive, observe, notice (syn. intellego). α. With acc.: id jam pridem sensi et subolet mihi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 7; so, quid, id. Truc. 1, 1, 39: quando Aesculapi ita sentio sententiam, I observe, understand, id. Curc. 2, 1, 2: primus sentio mala nostra, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 7: numquam illum ne minimā quidem re offendi, quod quidem senserim, that I have perceived, Cic. Lael. 27, 103: ut cui bene quid processerit, multum illum providisse, cui secus, nihil sensisse dicamus, id. Rab. Post. 1, 1: praesentia numina sentit, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 134; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 162; id. C. S. 73 et saep.: de victoriā atque exitu rerum sentire, Caes. B. G. 7, 52: omnia me illa sentire quae dicerem, nec tantum sentire, sed amare, Sen. Ep. 75, 3: illum sensisse quae scripsit, id. ib. 100, 11.—Poet.: ut vestram sentirent aequora curam, Ov. M. 5, 557: nec inania Tartara sentit, i. e. does not die, id. ib. 12, 619.— β. With inf. or an obj.-clause: quoniam sentio errare (eum), Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 16: hoc vir excellenti providentiā sensit ac vidit, non esse, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 5: suspicionem populi sensit moveri, id. ib. 2, 31, 54: quod quid cogitent, me scire sentiunt, etc., id. Cat. 2, 3, 5 sq.: postquam nihil esse pericli Sensimus, Hor. S. 2, 8, 58: non nisi oppressae senserunt (civitates), etc., Just. 8, 1, 2.— γ. With rel.- or interrog.-clause: scio ego et sentio ipse, quid agam, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 13: jam dudum equidem sentio, suspicio Quae te sollicitet, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 49: quoniam sentio, Quae res gereretur, id. ib. 2, 3, 56: si quid est in me ingenii, quod sentio quam sit exiguum, Cic. Arch. 1, 1: ex quo fonte hauriam, sentio, id. ib. 6, 13: victrices catervae Sensere, quid mens rite, quid indoles ... Posset, Hor. C. 4, 4, 25.—With the indic., in a rel.clause: sentio, quam rem agitis, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 14.— δ. With de: hostes postea quam de profectione eorum senserunt, became aware of their retreat, Caes. B. G. 5, 32; 7, 52.—(ε) With nom. of part. (poet.): sensit terrae sola maculans, Cat. 63, 6: sensit medios delapsus in hostis, Verg. A. 2, 377.—(ζ) Absol.: vehementer mihi est irata: sentio atque intellego, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 64; cf. id. Trin. 3, 2, 72; id. Mil. 2, 6, 97: mentes sapientium cum e corpore excessissent sentire ac vigere (opp. carere sensu), Cic. Sest. 21, 47; cf. id. Rep. 6, 24, 26: (Aristoteles) paeana probat eoque ait uti omnes, sed ipsos non sentire cum utantur, id. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 52: priusquam hostes sentirent, Liv. 34, 14; 2, 25; 22, 4.— Impers. pass.: non ut dictum est, in eo genere intellegitur, sed ut sensum est, Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 168.— B. To feel, experience (with acc. of the feeling; rare): quidquid est quod sensum habet, id necesse est sentiat et voluptatem et dolorem, Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 36: tenesne memoriā quantum senseris gaudium, cum, etc., Sen. Ep. 4, 2: non sentire amisso amico dolorem, id. ib. 99, 26; 121, 7: victoriae tantae gaudium sentire, Liv. 44, 44, 3; cf.: segnius homines bona quam mala sentire, id. 30, 21, 6.— III. Transf. (in consequence of mental perception), to think, deem, judge, opine, imagine, suppose (syn.: opinor, arbitror): si ita sensit, ut loquitur, est homo impurus, Cic. Rep. 3, 21, 32; cf.: jocansne an ita sentiens, id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Rep. 3, 5, 8: fleri potest, ut recte quis sentiat, et id quod sentit, polite eloqui non possit, id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6: humiliter demisseque sentire, id. ib. 5, 9, 24: tecum aperte, quod sentio, loquar, id. Rep. 1, 10, 15; cf.: quod sentio scribere, id. Fam. 15, 16, 3: causa est haec sola, in quā omnes sentirent unum atque idem, id. Cat. 4, 7, 14: idemque et unum sentire, Suet. Ner. 43: sapiens de dis immortalibus sine ullo metu vera sentit, Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 62.—With acc. and inf.: idem, quod ego, sentit, te esse huic rei caput, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 29; cf.: nos quidem hoc sentimus: si, etc. ... non esse cunctandum, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5: voluptatem hanc esse sentiunt omnes, id. Fin. 2, 3, 6 Madv. ad loc.: sensit in omni disputatione id fieri oportere, id. ib. 2, 2, 4; 5, 8, 23; id. Tusc. 5, 28, 82; id. Att. 7, 6, 2; id. Fam. 1, 7, 5: sic decerno, sic sentio, sic affirmo, nullam rerum publicarum conferendam esse cum eā, quam, etc., id. Rep. 1, 46, 70.—With two acc. (very rare): aliquem bonum civem, Cic. Off. 1, 34, 125 (cf. id. Fin. 2, 3, 0, supra, where Orell. omits esse).—With de and abl.: cum de illo genere rei publicae quae sentio dixero, Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65; so, quid de re publicā, id. ib. 1, 21, 34; 1, 38, 60: quid de quo, id. ib. 1, 11: quid gravius de vobis, Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 4; Cic. Rep. 1, 13, 19; cf.: qui omnia de re publicā praeclara atque egregia sentirent, were full of the most noble and generous sentiments, id. Cat. 3, 2, 5: mirabiliter de te et loquuntur et sentiunt, id. Fam. 4, 13, 5: male de illo, Quint. 2, 2, 12: sentire cum aliquo, to agree with one in opinion: tecum sentio, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 24; id. Ps. 4, 2, 3: cum Caesare sentire, Cic. Att. 7, 1, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; cf.: nae iste haud mecum sentit, Ter. And. 2, 1, 24: ab aliquo sentire, to dissent from, disagree with: abs te seorsum sentio, judge otherwise, think differently, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52: ut abs te seorsus sentiam De uxoriā re, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.: Gr. Omnia istaec facile patior, dum hic hinc a me sentiat. Tr. Atqui nunc abs te stat, is on my side, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 56 (cf. ab); cf. also: qui aliunde stet semper, aliunde sentiat, Liv. 24, 45, 3.— B. In partic., publicists' and jurid. t. t., to give one's opinion concerning any thing; to vote, declare, decide (syn. censeo): sedens iis assensi, qui mihi lenissime sentire visi sunt, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9; 11, 21, 2; 3, 8, 9: quae vult Hortensius omnia dicat et sentiat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 76: si judices pro causā meā senserint, decided in my favor, Gell. 5, 10, 14; cf.: in illam partem ite quā sentitis, Vet. Form. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 20.—Hence, sensa, ōrum, n. (acc. to II. B.). 1. Thoughts, notions, ideas, conceptions (class. but very rare): sententiam veteres, quod animo sensissent, vocaverunt ... Non raro tamen et sic locuti sunt, ut sensa sua dicerent: nam sensus corporis videbantur, etc., Quint. 8, 5, 1: exprimere dicendo sensa, Cic. de Or 1, 8, 32: sensa mentis et consilia verbis explicare, id. ib. 3, 14, 55.— 2. Opinions, doctrines (late Lat.): sensa et inventa Disarii, Macr. S. 7, 5, 4.
sentĭō Copy link Outline I percevoir par les sens1 sentir :a) [abs t ] : tout animal perçoit des sensations ; nos sens ...b) [avec acc.] : sentir le plaisir, la douleur, la saveur d'un mets, ...c) [avec inf. ou prop. inf.] : percevoir les sons ; sentir son ...2 percevoir les effets d'une chose, être affecté par qqch., éprouver : être ...II percevoir par l'intelligence,1 sentir, se rendre compte :a) [abs t ] : il se rendit compte, étant tombé = il ...b) [avec acc.]: du moins pour ce dont j'ai pu m'apercevoir, autant du ...c) [avec interr. ind.] : s'il y a en moi qq. talent, et ...d) [avec prop. inf.]e) [poét., pass. avec constr. personnelle] : des baisers qui, cela se sentait, ...2 avoir dans l'esprit, penser : [abs t ] s'il pense ce qu'il ...3 juger, avoir telle opinion : il est très difficile à chacun de ...4 [off t ] exprimer un avis, voter : . pf. sync. . ... ⓘsēnsē: adverbialsēnse: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg • sentĭō, sēnsī, sēnsum, īre, tr. I. percevoir par les sens 1. sentir : a) [abst] : omne animal sentit Cic. Nat. 3, 33, tout animal perçoit des sensations ; perpetuo sentimus Lucr. 4, 228, nos sens sont toujours en activité ; b) [avec acc.] : voluptatem, dolorem Cic. Nat. 3, 33 ; suavitatem cibi Cic. Phil. 2, 115, sentir le plaisir, la douleur, la saveur d'un mets, cf. Lucr. 1, 298 ; 4, 492 ; ea quæ sentiuntur Cic. Nat. 3, 34, les objets des sensations, cf. Cic. Off. 1, 14 || non prius salutem scripsit ? — Nusquam sentio Pl. Bacch. 1000, il n'a pas mis d'abord une formule de salut ? — Je n'en vois nulle part ; [langue augurale] quid videras ? quid senseras ? Cic. Phil. 2, 83, qu'avais-tu vu ? qu'avais-tu perçu ? [p. ex., voir des éclairs, sentir un coup de vent, un tremblement de terre] ; c) [avec inf. ou prop. inf.] : sentire sonare Lucr. 4, 229, percevoir les sons ; ire foras animam Lucr. 3, 607, sentir son âme s'échapper au-dehors ; mel dulce esse sentitur Cic. Fin. 3, 34, la douceur du miel se perçoit 2. percevoir les effets d'une chose, être affecté par qqch., éprouver : ceterarum civitatum damna ac detrimenta Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 108, être affecté par les dommages et les pertes des autres cités, cf. Cæcil. 38 ; Verr. 2, 1, 128 ; famem sentire Curt. 9, 10, 11 ; Liv. 25, 13, 1, sentir la faim ; sentiet qui vir siem Ter. Eun. 66, elle sentira quel homme je suis ; sentiet in hac urbe esse consules vigilantes Cic. Cat. 2, 27, il sentira qu'il y a dans cette ville des consuls vigilants || alnos fluvii sensere cavatas Virg. G. 1, 136, les fleuves sentirent voguer sur leurs eaux les aunes creusés ; amnis sentit æstatem Sen. Ira 3, 21, 1, les rivières sentent les effets de l'été || chez Pline l'Ancien sentire morbos, rabiem, etc., être sujet aux maladies, à la rage, etc., cf. Plin. 9, 156 ; 8, 68 ; 12, 28. II. percevoir par l'intelligence, 1. sentir, se rendre compte : a) [abst] : Cic. Sest. 47 ; Rep. 6, 26 ; Or. 193 ; Ac. 2, 52 ; sensit medios delapsus in hostes Virg. En. 2, 377, il se rendit compte, étant tombé = il s'aperçut qu'il était tombé au milieu des ennemis || de profectione hostium Cæs. G. 5, 33, 1, s'apercevoir du départ des ennemis ; b) [avec acc.]: quod quidem senserim Cic. Læl. 103, du moins pour ce dont j'ai pu m'apercevoir, autant du moins que j'en ai eu conscience ; plus sentire Cæs. G. 7, 52, 3, se rendre mieux compte, avoir plus de perspicacité ; c) [avec interr. ind.] : si quid est in me ingenii, quod sentio quam sit exiguum Cic. Arch. 1, s'il y a en moi qq. talent, et j'ai conscience du peu que j'en ai, cf. Cic. Arch. 13 ; Nat. 3, 69 ; d) [avec prop. inf.] Cic. Br. 193 ; Fin. 3, 26 ; Cat. 2, 5 ; e) [poét., pass. avec constr. personnelle] : quæ oscula sentiri non esse sororia possent Ov. M. 9, 539, des baisers qui, cela se sentait, ne provenaient pas d'une sœur, cf. Arn. 1, 28 2. avoir dans l'esprit, penser : [abst] si ita sensit, ut loquitur Cic. Rep. 3, 32, s'il pense ce qu'il dit ; jocansne an ita sentiens ? Cic. Ac. 2, 63, est-ce en plaisantant ou en pensant ainsi (= sérieusement) ? recte sentire Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, avoir des pensées justes, cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 24 || [avec acc.]: dicam quod sentio Cic. Br. 292, je dirai ce que je pense, cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 15 ; Fam. 15, 16, 3 ; quod animo sentiebat Cic. Planc. 34, le sentiment qu'il éprouvait 3. juger, avoir telle opinion : difficillime de se quisque sentit Cic. de Or. 3, 33, il est très difficile à chacun de s'apprécier soi-même ; bene de republica sentire Cic. Phil. 5, 22, avoir de bons sentiments politiques ; cum aliquo Cic. Att. 7, 1, 3, partager les opinions (les sentiments) de qqn, cf. Amer. 142 ; Ter. Andr. 324 ; contra rem publicam Sall. C. 26, 5, avoir des sentiments hostiles au gouvernement ; ab aliquo seorsum Pl. Capt. 710, avoir une opinion différente de qqn [mais ab aliquo Pl. Rud. 1100, être de l'avis de qqn, cf. Liv. 24, 45, 3] ; nec jam aliter sentire quin subj. Cæs. G. 7, 44, 4, ne plus douter que || quæ sensit ille Cic. Fin. 1, 14, les opinions de ce philosophe ; unum atque idem sentiunt Cic. Cat. 4, 14, ils ont une seule et même opinion ; vera de aliqua re Cic. Fin. 1, 62, avoir des sentiments vrais sur qqch. || [avec prop. inf.] être d'avis que, penser que : Cic. Fin. 2, 4 ; 5, 23 ; etc. || aliquem bonum civem Cic. Off. 1, 124, juger qqn un bon citoyen = en avoir le sentiment, l'idée, l'impression, cf. Cic. Off. 3, 75 ; Fin. 3, 34 || [avec ut] avoir l'idée = l'intention que : hoc voluisse... hoc sensisse... ut Cic. Br. 197, sa volonté... son idée de derrière la tête avait été que || [av. le subj. sans ut] être d'avis que : sentio... venias Cic. Att. 1, 4, 1 (mss), je suis d'avis que tu viennes 4. [offt] exprimer un avis, voter : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76 ; Fam. 5, 2, 9 ; 11, 21, 2 ; Gell. 5, 10, 14. ➳ pf. sync. sensti Ter. Andr. 882.
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sense (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Faculty or power by which external objects are perceived; sight, touch, hearing, smell, tasteII. Perception by the senses, sensationIII. Understanding, soundness of the faculties, sound judgment1. sensus (rare in this sense)2. prūdentia3. mens, tis, f.IV. Meaning, signification1. sententia2. sensus, ūs3. vŏluntas (spirit as opp. to mere letter, verba) • sense (subs.): I. Faculty or power by which external objects are perceived; sight, touch, hearing, smell, taste: sensus, ūs, m.: the s. of sight, hearing, etc., s. oculorum, aurium, Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111; also, cernendi, audiendi, id. de Or. 2, 87, 357: which can be perceived neither by the eyes nor by the ears, nor by any s., quod neque oculis, neque auribus, neque ullo sensu percipi potest, cf. id. de Or. 2, 8, 33. Phr.: deprived of the s. of sight, hearing, oculis, auribus captus, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117. II. Perception by the senses, sensation: sensus: v. sensation. III. Understanding, soundness of the faculties, sound judgment: 1. sensus (rare in this sense): whom success has deprived of common s., quibus fortuna sensum communem abstulit, Phaedr. 1, 7, 4: (concerning the precise import of this phr. in earlier writers, see Sir W. Hamilton's Reid, p. 758, b.): to have no s. (to be out of one's mind), sensum non habere, Ulp. Dig. 24, 3, 22, § 7. 2. prūdentia: v. prudence. 3. mens, tis, f.: v. intellect. Phr.: does he seem to you to be in his senses? num tibi videtur esse apud sese? Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 85: if this man were in his s.s, si hic mentis suae esset, Cic. Pis. 21, 50: if you had been in your s.s, si tuae mentis compos fuisses, ib. 20, 48: are you in your s.s? penes te es? Hor. S. 2, 3, 273: satin' sanus es? Ter. Andr. 4, 4, 10: cf. mad (I., Phr.): to be out of one's s.s, mente captum esse, id. Acad. 2, 17, 53: cf. mentis inops, Ov. H. 15, 139. IV. Meaning, signification: 1. sententia: the s. of the law, legis s., Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11: v. meaning (I. 1). 2. sensus, ūs: nor could the s. of the will be gathered, nec testamenti potuit s. colligi, Phaedr. 4, 5, 19: words with two s.s, verba duos s. significantia, Quint. 6, 3, 48; cf. id. 8, 2, 20. 3. vŏluntas (spirit as opp. to mere letter, verba): Quint. 7, 10, 6: v. meaning, to mean.
SENSE Copy link • SENSEThe faculty of perception, sensus, -ūs (e.g., oculorum; videndi, cernendi; aurium, audiendi). To make any impression on the senses, sensus movere: to soothe the senses, sensibus suaviter blandiri (Cic.): to be deprived of sense, sensu carere; sensibus captum esse: beyond the reach of the senses, quod in sensus non cadit; quod nullo sensu percipi potest: pleasures of sense, voluptates corporis (Cic., Fin., 1, 18); corporales voluptates (Sen., Ep., 78; ☞ not corporeae, which would be “corporeal, consisting of a body,” ex corpore constantes, Frotscher ad Muret., 1, 143). Understanding, mind, mens: animus: plur., senses; e.g., to be in one’s senses, compotem esse animi (Terentianus), mentis (Cic.); apud se esse (Terentianus); esse sana mente; mente constare; mente bona praeditum esse (Cic.): to be out of one’s senses, mentis non compotem esse (Cic.); animi non compotem esse; non esse apud se (Terentianus): to lose one’s senses, a mente deseri; mente capi (Cic.): to be hardly in one’s senses, dubiae sanitatis esse: to have lost one’s senses, mente captum esse; de or ex mente exiisse; mente alienata esse: to recover one’s senses, ad sanitatem reverti, resipiscere: are you in your senses? sati’n’ sanus es? I am in my senses, mens mihi integra, or sana, est. Will, animus: mens: voluntas: sensus. To take the sense of the country, populum in suffragium mittere. Opinion, sententia. Taste, relish, per ception, gustatus or voluntas alicujus rei (e.g., of beauty): figuratively by the verb; e.g., from a sense of their superiority, cum se superiores esse sentiant or sentirent: impressions on the senses [Vid: IMPRESSION]. Meaning, signification, sententia: vis: ratio (Cic.): sensus (Quint., Phaedrus, Sen., Gell.; ☞ but sententia is the best word; Vid: Klotz ad Cic., Tusc., 1, 36, 87). To attach a certain sense to a word, sententiam sub aliqua voce subjicere (Cic.): to ascertain the sense of every passage, cujusque loci sententiam assequi (Wyttenback): these words furnish a good sense, *verborum sententia satis bona est (☞ but not verba fundunt sensum satis bonum, which is not Latin): the word aemulatio is used in a good or bad sense, dupliciter dicitur aemulatio (Cic.): this name is found in both a good and a bad sense, nomen in laude et in vitio est (Cic.).