sententia

Either from earlier *sentientia, from Proto-Italic *sentjentjā, equivalent to sentiens (“feeling, perceiving”) +‎ -ia; or from Proto-Italic *sententjā, a remnant of a PIE root aorist.

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /senˈten.ti.a/, [s̠ɛn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /senˈten.t͡si.a/, [sen̪ˈt̪ɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

sententia f (genitive sententiae); first declension

a way of thinking, view, opinion, judgement or sentence [ synonyms, coordinate terms ▲]
Synonyms: mēns, sēnsus

Coordinate terms: opīniō, arbitrātum, auctōritās, cōgitātiō, exīstimātiō

meā (quidem) sententiā ― (at least) in my view

ex animī sententiā ― in my sincere opinion, in all honesty

ex (meā etc.) sententiā ― to someone's liking

adversum, praeter animī sententiam ― against someone's liking

dē suā ūnīus sententiā ― on one's own initiative
a purpose, intention, will (one's thinking in respect to the future) [ synonyms ▲]
Synonyms: cōnsilium, voluntās
(politics) a vote of opinion (expressed in senate in response to an interrogātiō)
1. the vote of a juryman or of a jury

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Synonym: suffrāgium

sententiam ferre ― to vote

in sententiam alicuius īre ― to support someone's opinion or policy
(politics) an authoritative decision, pronouncement, judgement, decree [ synonyms ▲]
Synonyms: dēcrētum, arbitrium, jūdicium, statūtum
a feeling, sense, idea, notion [ synonym ▲][ quotations ▼]
Synonym: cōgitātum

1. the main drift, substance; spirit of a law (as opposed to letter)
a thought expressed in words; a sense, meaning, signification [ synonym ▲]
Synonym: sēnsus

1. any terse and pointed observation (esp. moralistic); a maxim, epigram [ synonyms ▲]
  Synonyms: praeceptum, adāgium
2. (grammar) a self-contained group of words, a finished clause, sentence, period [ synonyms ▲]
  Synonyms: sēnsus, periodus