sententia

American  

[sen-ten-shee-uh, -shuh] / sɛnˈtɛn ʃi ə, -ʃə /

noun

plural

sententiae

1. an aphorism; maxim.

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Etymology

Origin of sententia

First recorded in 1915–20; from Latin sententia; see origin at sentence ( def. )

Example Sentences

Haec sententia S. Alphonsi magni momenti est, et in ea solutio multarum difficultatum inveniri potest.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

Vis enim a Deo non fit, sed bona sententia adest illi semper.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

Sometimes indeed they are spoken of as ‘Fata Iovis;’ and to the assurance given by him to Venus ‘manent immota tuorum Fata tibi,’ he adds the words ‘neque me sententia vertit523.’

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

Restat ergo tertia sententia, scilicet Deum praemovere physice ad entitatem peccati et sic se effecturum definivisse decreto positivo et effectivo; operatur enim omnia secundum consilium voluntatis suae.”710.Cfr.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

Ingenium cui nulla malum sententia suadet, Ut faceret facinus; lenis tamen, haud malus; idem Doctus, fidelis, suavis homo, facundus, suoque Contentus, scitus, atque beatus, secunda loquens in Tempore commodus, et verborum vir paucorum.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John