think Copy link Outline I. To have ideas in the mindII. To entertain an opinion1. arbĭtror, 1 (in Cic. sometimes as pass.2. existĭmo, 13. pŭto, 1 (prop. to form an opinion after due examination4. reor, rătus, 2 (the word belongs to poet. and the high style, Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153)5. ŏpīnor, 1 (Cic. makes the same remark as on the preced., l. c.)6. censeo, 2 (prop. of a formal expr. of opinion)7. dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (account, consider)8. crĕdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 39. sentio, si, sum, 4 (to feel)10. suspĭcor, 1 (surmise)III. The orat. obliq. may sometimes expr. the verb to t., esp. in histor. style • think: I. To have ideas in the mind: cōgĭto, 1: to a learned and educated man to live is to t., docto homini et erudito vivere est c., Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111. Phr.: man, born to t. and act, homo ad intelligendum et ad agendum natus, id. Fin. 2, 13, 40: to t. aright, mente recte uti, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100: if any one t.s whilst journeying or walking, si quis in itinere aut in ambulatione secum ipse meditetur, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144: v. thought: in exclamations it is expr. by an infin.: to t. that this sun has risen so unpropitiously for me! hunccine solem tam nigrum surrexisse mihi, Hor. S. 1, 9, 72: Lat. Gr. § 516. II. To entertain an opinion: 1. arbĭtror, 1 (in Cic. sometimes as pass.: see Verr. 5, 41, 106, Zumpt: prop. a leg. t. t. of giving evidence: to believe): I t. so, we do not know for certain, a., certum enim non scimus, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 30: to t. that the war could be quickly finished, a. id bellum celeriter confici posse, Caes. B. G. 3, 28. 2. existĭmo, 1: (prop. to judge of the value of any thing): I quite t. so, ita prorsus e., Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 14: the system is thought to have been brought over into Gaul, disciplina in Galliam translata esse existimatur, Caes. B. G. 6, 13: to t. badly of any one, male de aliquo e., Cic. Off. 2, 10, 36: to t. kindly of, amabiliter in aliquem e., Anton. in Cic. Att. 14, 13. 3. pŭto, 1 (prop. to form an opinion after due examination: in Ov. and the later poets often pŭtŏ, e. g. Ov. Am. 3, 7, 2): do you t. that I say these things in jest? jocari me putas? Cic. Att. 16, 5, ad fin.: you used to t. that my trifles were something, tu solebas meas esse aliquid p. nugas, Catul. 1, 3. 4. reor, rătus, 2 (the word belongs to poet. and the high style, Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153): do you t. that he became mad after killing his mother? an tu reris eum occisa insanisse parente? Hor. S. 2, 3, 134: I find them to be more numerous than I thought, plures quam rebar esse cognovi, Cic. Div. 2, 2, 5. 5. ŏpīnor, 1 (Cic. makes the same remark as on the preced., l. c.): from the first rise of living creatures, as I t., a primo, ut o., animantium ortu, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 31: to t. ill of Caesar, male o. de Caesare, Suet. Aug. 51. 6. censeo, 2 (prop. of a formal expr. of opinion): I t. we must rise and retire to rest, surgendum c. et requiescendum, Cic. de Or. 2, 90, 367: v. judge. 7. dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (account, consider): to t. anything of little moment, parvi d. aliquid, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: they t. nothing right but what seems good in their eyes, nil rectum nisi quod placuit sibi ducunt, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 83: v. regard, hold, consider. 8. crĕdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: v. believe: it is often used ironically. 9. sentio, si, sum, 4 (to feel): to t. one thing and speak another, aliud s., aliud loqui, Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21: if you were in my place you would t. differently, tu si hic sis aliter sentias, Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 10: to t. wonderfully well of any one, mirabiliter de aliquo s., Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 5: v. feel, be of opinion. 10. suspĭcor, 1 (surmise): I thought my book would please you, placiturum tibi esse librum meum suspicabar, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 7, 1 (2, 9, 1). III. The orat. obliq. may sometimes expr. the verb to t., esp. in histor. style: cf. Lat. Gr. § 466, Obs. Phr.: as I t., mea sententia, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 95: v. opinion: I t. quite differently, longe mihi alia mens est, Sall. Cat. 52, ad init.: the multitude being in confusion through not knowing what to t. of the deed, tumultuans multitudo incerta existimatione facti, Liv. 4, 15, ad init.: quicker than was thought, opinione celerius, Cic. Fam. 14, 23: I t. that I have often heard, saepe mihi videor audisse, id. N. D. 1, 21, 58: I would not venture to write it unless Panaetius thought so too, scribere id non auderem nisi idem placeret Panaetio, id. Off. 2, 14, 51: to t. more highly of, pluris facere, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2: v. value, esteem: they thought that the last night was come upon the universe, novissimam illam noctem mundo interpretabantur, Plin. Ep. 6, 20.
THINK Copy link • THINKTo have ideas with consciousness, (1) Without an object, cogitare: intelligere: notiones rerum informare. (2) With an object, (a) T o think of anything; i. e., to imagine, conceive, aliquid cogitare: aliquid cogitatione comprehendere, percipere or complecti: aliquid mente concipere: aliquid cogitatione fingere or depingere (to form an image of anything in the mind): aliquid conjectura informare. In these parts I thought of nothing but fields and rocks, nihil in his locis nisi saxa et montes cogitabam: that cannot be thought of, id ne in cogitationem quidem cadit: think for a moment that you were in my place, eum te esse finge, qui ego sum; fac, qui ego sum, esse te: to think one’s self such or such an one, aliquem sentire, intelligere talem (Vid: Cic., Ecl., p. 141). (b) To think on anything = to meditate upon, cogitare de re; meditari rem or de re; rem versare in animo, or reputare in animo. To believe, suppose, be of opinion, arbitrari: reri: censere: existimare: ducere: animum or in animum inducere: autumare [SYN. in BELIEVE]. “I think” (inserted parenthetically), credo: opinor (credo, like ὡς ἔοικεν, implies irony, in absurd or self-evident propositions: puto inserted without a dependent word or clause is classical, but rare; Krebs). Sometimes mea quidem opinione: ut ego existimo: ut mihi visus sum: quomodo mihi persuadeo (as I persuade or flatter myself; parenthetically, Cic., Rosc., Am., 2, 6, end). To have in the mind, cogitare (with an infinitive); agitare animo (or secum) aliquid: I thought of going to Rome, cogitabam Romam ire (where ire may be omitted; Vid: Cic., Att., 16, 2, 4). To remember, recordari: reminisci: meminisse [Vid: REMEMBER]: alicujus rei memoriam comprehendere: rei alicujus memoriam habere. To think no more of a thing, alicujus rei memoriam deponere; rem ex rnemoria deponere. To consider, revolve in the mind, cogitare cum or in animo, or simply cogitare aliquid or de aliqua re: considerare in animo, cum animo, secum, or simply considerare aliquid or de aliqua re (to consider carefully): aliquid agitare mente or animo, or in mente or cum animo (to turn over in one’s mind): perpendere, pensitare aliquid (to weigh and ponder): (secum) meditare de aliqua re or aliquid (to think over, consider how anything ought to be done or to be): secum or cum animo reputare aliquid (to think over anything past or present, or of which the mind has formed a conception): apud animum proponere (to place before the mind; Sulpic. ap. Cic. ad Div., 4, 5, end): deliberare (to deliberate). Think of this one thing, hoc unum cogita: I think over many important subjects, versantur in animo meo multae et graves cogitationes: to think seriously on anything, toto pectore cogitare de re; diu multumque secum reputare aliquid; animo contemplari aliquid; intendere cogitationem in aliquid. To be of a certain opinion, be disposed in a certain way, cogitare: sentire. To think affectionately toward anyone, amabiliter cogitare in aliquem: to think ill of anyone, male opinari de aliquo (Vid: Bremi, Suet., Caes., 51): to think one thing and say another, aliter sentire, aliter loqui; aliud clausum in pectore, aliud promtum in lingua habere (Sall., Cat., 10, 5). To judge, judicare: sentire: (The words are found in this connection and order.) sentire et judicare: statuere. To think differently at different times on the same subject, alias aliud iisdem de rebus et sentire et judicare (Cic., De Or., 2, 7, 30): to think the same, idem sentire; idem mihi videtur: to think with anyone as he thinks, alicujus sententiam sequi: to think differently, aliter sentire; quite differently, longe dissentire; longe alia mihi mens est. To have regard, care, consulere, prospicere alicui or alicujus rebus, rationibus: curare aliquid: rationem alicujus rei habere or ducere: respicere aliquid. To think of a person in one’s will, in testando memorem esse alicujus (after Liv., 1, 34); legare alicui aliquid in testamento (opposed to in testando immemorem esse alicujus).