opinio

See also: opinió

Esperanto

Etymology

From opinii +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [opiˈnio]
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: o‧pi‧ni‧o

Noun

opinio (accusative singular opinion, plural opinioj, accusative plural opiniojn)

1. opinion

Latin

Etymology

From opīnor (“suppose, conjecture, deem”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈpiː.ni.oː/, [ɔˈpiːnioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈpi.ni.o/, [oˈpiːnio]

Noun

opīniō f (genitive opīniōnis); third declension

1. An opinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief; esteem, reputation or expectation, good or bad, which others have formed of someone.
2. A report or rumor.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	opīniō	opīniōnēs
Genitive	opīniōnis	opīniōnum
Dative	opīniōnī	opīniōnibus
Accusative	opīniōnem	opīniōnēs
Ablative	opīniōne	opīniōnibus
Vocative	opīniō	opīniōnēs

Synonyms

• (opinion): auctōritās, cōgitātiō, exīstimātiō, sententia
• (reputation): fāma
• (rumor): fāma

Derived terms

• opīniōsus
• opīniuncula

Related terms

• opīnābilis
• opīnātiō
• opīnātor
• opīnātus
• opīnor

Descendants

• Catalan: opinió
• English: opinion
• French: opinion
• Galician: opinión
• Italian: opinione
• Occitan: opinion
• Piedmontese: opinion
• Polish: opinia
• Portuguese: opinião
• Romanian: opinie
• Spanish: opinión

References

• “opinio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “opinio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• opinio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• opinio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have the reputation of virtue: opinionem virtutis habere
    
  • extravagant fictions of fancy: opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta
    
  • according to my opinion: ut mea fert opinio
    
  • to be imbibing false opinions: opiniones falsas animo imbibere
    
  • to be imbibing false opinions: opinionibus falsis imbui
    
  • erroneous opinion: opinionis error
    
  • prejudice: opinio praeiudicata, also simply opinio (not praeiudicium = a preliminary decision)
    
  • a rooted opinion: opinio confirmata, inveterata
    
  • to be filled with absurd prejudices: opinionum pravitate infici
    
  • chimeras: opinionum commenta (N. D. 2. 2. 5)
    
  • to express oneself in popular language: ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)
    
  • belief in god: opinio dei
    
  • to be always considering what people think: multum communi hominum opinioni tribuere
    

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈpiɲ.jɔ/
• Rhymes: -iɲjɔ
• Syllabification: o‧pin‧io

Noun

opinio

1. vocative singular of opinia

Portuguese

Verb

opinio

1. first-person singular present indicative of opiniar