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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The Homeric question cannot be discussed here, and on that question it may be said quot homines tot sententiae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
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
It took the form of a caution against “mixing up things that differ,” and to this also among his sententiae I assented quod latius patet.
From Tennyson and His Friends by Various
We may suppose that his plays were of the same type as those of Publilius, and interspersed with those wise sayings, sententiae, which the Roman people were still capable of appreciating.
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde Fowler
Quot homines, tot sententiae, so many men, so many minds: that which thou condemnest he commends.
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
