sensus

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LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.sus/, [ˈsẽː.sʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.sus/

Etymology 1Edit

Perfect passive participle of sentiō (“feel, perceive”).

ParticipleEdit

sēnsus m (feminine sēnsa, neuter sēnsum); first/second declension

1. felt, perceived with the senses, having felt (with the hands)
2. perceived: noticed mentally, having perceived
3. having had an opinion, having felt emotion

InflectionEdit

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	sēnsus	sēnsa	sēnsum		sēnsī	sēnsae	sēnsa
genitive	sēnsī	sēnsae	sēnsī		sēnsōrum	sēnsārum	sēnsōrum
dative	sēnsō		sēnsō		sēnsīs
accusative	sēnsum	sēnsam	sēnsum		sēnsōs	sēnsās	sēnsa
ablative	sēnsō	sēnsā	sēnsō		sēnsīs
vocative	sēnse	sēnsa	sēnsum		sēnsī	sēnsae	sēnsa

Derived termsEdit

• sēnsa

Etymology 2Edit

Action noun from sentiō (“feel, perceive”).

NounEdit

sēnsus m (genitive sēnsūs); fourth declension

1. perception, capability of feeling, ability to perceive
2. a feeling, sentiment
3. (poetic) understanding, reason

InflectionEdit

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sēnsus	sēnsūs
genitive	sēnsūs	sēnsuum
dative	sēnsuī	sēnsibus
accusative	sēnsum	sēnsūs
ablative	sēnsū	sēnsibus
vocative	sēnsus	sēnsūs

Derived termsEdit

• sēnsātiō
• sēnsātus
• sēnsifer
• sēnsificō
• sēnsificus
• sēnsilis
• sēnsuālis
• sēnsū lātō
• sēnsū strictō

DescendantsEdit

• Corsican: sensu
• French: sens
• English: sense
• Italian: senso
• Portuguese: siso, senso
• Romanian: sens
• Spanish: seso

ReferencesEdit

• sensus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sensus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “sensus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “sensus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • sound, unimpaired senses: sensus sani, integri, incorrupti
    
  • to be endowed with sense: sensibus praeditum esse
    
  • not to possess the sense of hearing: sensu audiendi carere
    
  • to come within the sphere of the senses: sensibus or sub sensus subiectum esse
    
  • to be perceptible to the senses: sensibus percipi
    
  • the world of sense, the visible world: res sensibus or oculis subiectae (De Fin. 5. 12. 36)
    
  • to make an impression on the senses: sensus movere (more strongly pellere)
    
  • a thing makes a pleasant impression on the senses: aliquid sensus suaviter afficit
    
  • a thing makes a pleasant impression on the senses: aliquid sensus iucunditate perfundit
    
  • to free one's mind from the influences of the senses: sevocare mentem a sensibus (De Nat. D. 3. 8. 21)
    
  • something offends my instincts, goes against the grain: aliquid a sensibus meis abhorret
    
  • the date: dies (fem. in this sense)
    
  • to possess not the least spark of feeling: nullam partem sensus habere
    
  • (ambiguous) to come within the sphere of the senses: sub sensum or sub oculos, sub aspectum cadere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a man of taste: sensum, iudicium habere
    
  • (ambiguous) to express oneself in popular language: ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be quite insensible of all feelings to humanity: omnem humanitatis sensum amisisse
    
• sensus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016