sententia
noun
an aphorism; maxim.
sententiae
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pluralof sententia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Plutarch believed that poetry gained this end by enunciating moral and philosophical sententiae, not by allegory, which Plutarch made sport of.
From Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism by Donald Lemen Clark
Another author15 contrasts the sententiae of Ennius with the periodi of Pacuvius,—a distinction probably connected with the progress of oratory in the interval between the poets.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
With shorter sententiae, or proverbs, Latin, Greek, Spanish, and Italian, drawn both from the chief authors of those languages and from everyday speech.
From An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams by J. V. (James Vincent) Cunningham
The consul acted as chairman of the Senate, proposing the order of the day, and asking the senators in order of seniority for their sententiae on the appropriate action for the question under discussion.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Mark Bear Akrigg
He praises very highly such sententiae as "Virtue keeps its luster untarnished," and "know thyself."
From Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism by Donald Lemen Clark
