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.
sentence (v.) Copy link Outline 1. damno, condemno, 12. indīco, xi, ctum, 3 (to award judicially; with dat. of person)3. addīco, 3 (to assign over to another judicially) • sentence (v.): 1. damno, condemno, 1: v. to condemn. 2. indīco, xi, ctum, 3 (to award judicially; with dat. of person): to s. to the payment of a fine, multam (alicui) ind., Plin. 18, 3, 3: he (virtually) s.d the people to starvation, populo famem indixit, Suet. Cal. 26, extr. 3. addīco, 3 (to assign over to another judicially): to s. a free person to slavery, liberum corpus in servitutem a., Liv. 3, 56, med.: cf. Caes. B. C. 2, 18, bona alicujus in publicum a. (sentence to confiscation). See also preced. art. (I.).
SENTENCE Copy link • SENTENCE 1. s. Judgement, judicatio (Cic., Tusc., 4, 11, 26): arbitrium (the decision of an umpire; then any decision): decretum (a legal opinion): responsum ac decretum: judicium (sentence of a judge): decisio (the decision of a person conversant with a matter): pronunciatio (the pronouncing of a judicial sentence; Cic., Cluent., 20, 56; Petronius, 80, 7): Sentence of condemnation, damnatorium judicium; *sententia, qua aliquis capitis condemnatur (of death): to pronounce sentence of condemnation on anybody (i. e., of condemnation to death), capitis or capite damnare aliquem; capitis condemnare aliquem; supplicium constituere in aliquem: to give or pass sentence, respondere; responsum dare or edere (general term); decernere (to give a decision on any subject; of magistrates or private persons); oraculum dare, edere, fundere (of an oracle); judicare; sententiam dicere (of a judge); disceptare; arbitrari (as an umpire; the latter, Scaevola, Dig., 4, 8, 44, and Paullus, Dig., 6, 1, 35): to reverse a sentence, rem judicatam rescindere (Cic.): to leave or refer to the sentence of anyone, arbitrio alicujus permittere; subjicere; conferre ad arbitrium alicujus: a definitive sentence, *sententia, qua omnis controversia dirimitur, or qua lis dijudicatur (☞ in the late Latin of the lawyers, sententia terminalis, Cod. Just., 4, 31, 14): to pass a definitive sentence, litem dijudicare (Vid: Hor., Od. 3, 5, 54). Opinion, Vid: Period, sententia (e.g., sententiam detornare; Gell.): periodus. Vid: PERIOD 2. v. damnare or condemnare aliquem (with either genitive of the crime, if that is mentioned, with or without nomine or crimine, or with de and ablative: the punishment, however, is generally put in the genitive, seldom in the ablative, or with ad or in with accusative; Vid: Zumpt, § 447). To sentence anybody to death, aliquem capite, or capitis damnare or condemnare; aliquem poenae capitalis damnare; aliquem morti addicere: to sentence anybody to eightfold damages, aliquem octupli damnare: to sentence anybody to hard labor, aliquem damnare ad or in opus publicum: to sentence to pay the costs, damnare in expensas: to sentence anybody without trial, or unheard, aliquem indicta causa damnare or condemnare