sentio Latin · revision 2928

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sent-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsɛn.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsɛn.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sentiō''' (present infinitive sentīre, perfect active sēnsī, supine sēnsum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*s(e)nt-ije/o-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*sn̥t-ie/o-|t=to notice]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The closest cognates in meaning are Baltic and Slavic words for thinking, such as [[lt|sintė́ti|t=to think]].^(de Vaan 2008) Whether the root is the same as *sent- “to go”, seen in [[sga|sét|t=road]] and [[got|𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃|tr=sinþs|t=time, journey]], is doubtful.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) The noun [[sententia]] may come from *sentientia.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus onwards,^(de Vaan 2008) whose character says ''sentio sonitum'', “I hear a sound”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to perceive with any of the senses, as Ennius' hound that scents wild beasts, and to become aware of or realize something.^(OLD 2012) Used alone it meant to have one's senses and wits, as in Plautus' “whom the gods love dies young, while he is strong, has his senses and his wits”.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to experience or undergo, and to feel the effect of something.^(OLD 2012)

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+ From perceiving it came to mean to think or hold an opinion, as Cicero says many hold wrong views about the gods, and to give one's opinion in the senate.^(OLD 2012) It meant to be minded towards someone, especially of loyalty, and of a writer to mean.^(OLD 2012) Late and Christian Latin also used it for meeting.^(Wiktionary) It survives as Italian ''sentire'', French, Spanish and Portuguese ''sentir'' and Romanian ''simți''.^(Wiktionary) English ''sense'', ''scent'', ''sentence'' and ''sentiment'' all go back to it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it for hearing and noticing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of a hound scenting game.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it for holding opinions and voting in the senate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''sentence'' comes from its noun ''sententia''.^(Etymonline)

+ * late 14th century – English ''sense'' and ''scent'' are first recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To perceive (with the senses); to feel, hear, smell.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To be aware of, [[m|en|realize]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To have one's senses, be conscious.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To experience, undergo; to feel the effects of.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To think, hold (an opinion).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To vote, give one's opinion (in the senate).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be minded (towards).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(of a writer)'' To mean.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnsentiō]]

+ * [[persentiō]]

+ * [[praesentiō]]

+ * [[prōsentiō]]

+ * [[sēnsibilis]]

+ * [[sēnsim]]

+ * [[sēnsiō]]

+ * [[sēnsus]]

+ * [[sententia]]

+ * [[sentiscō]]

+ * [[subsentiō]]

+ * [[assentior]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sēnsa]]

+ * [[sēnsātiō]]

+ * [[sēnsātus]]

+ * [[sēnsibiliter]]

+ * [[sēnsifer]]

+ * [[sēnsificō]]

+ * [[sēnsificus]]

+ * [[sēnsilis]]

+ * [[sēnsuālis]]

+ * [[sēnsuālitās]]

+ * [[en|sense]]

+ * [[en|scent]]

+ * [[en|sentence]]

+ * [[en|sentiment]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''intellegere'', understanding by reflection, from ''sentire'', a natural perception through the senses or feelings.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}