sensus
τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sensus: a, um, Part. of sentio.
sensus: ūs, m. sentio,
I the faculty or power of perceiving, perception, feeling, sensation, sense, etc.
I Corporeal, perception, feeling, sensation: omne animal sensus habet: sentit igitur et calida et frigida et dulcia et amara, nec potest ullo sensu jucunda accipere et non accipere contraria: si igitur voluptatis sensum capit, doloris etiam capit. etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 13, 32: moriendi sensum celeritas abstulit, id. Lael. 3, 12: si quis est sensus in morte, id. Phil. 9, 6, 13: (Niobe) posuit sensum saxea facta mali, Ov. P. 1, 2, 32: sensum voluptatemque percipere, Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12. —
B A sense, capacity for feeling: ut idem interitus sit animorum et corporum nec ullus sensus maneat, etc., Cic. Lael. 4, 14: tactus corporis est sensus, Lucr. 2, 435: oculorum, id. 3, 361; so, oculorum, aurium, Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111; id. Fin. 2, 16, 52; id. Div. 2, 52, 107; cf. videndi, id. de Or. 2, 87, 357: audiendi, id. Rep. 6, 18, 19: quod neque oculis neque auribus neque ullo sensu percipi potest, id. Or. 2, 8: quamquam oriretur (tertia philosophiae pars) a sensibus, tamen non esse judicium veritatis in sensibus, id. Ac. 1, 8, 30: res subjectae sensibus, id. ib. 1, 8, 31: gustatus, qui est sensus ex omnibus maxime voluptarius, id. de Or. 3, 25, 99: sensus autem interpretes ac nuntii rerum in capite et facti et conlocati sunt, id. N. D. 2, 56, 140: omne animal sensus habet, id. ib. 3, 13, 32: carent conchae visu, omnique sensu alio quam cibi et periculi, Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 90: ab eā parte opus orsus, ut a sensu ejus, averteret, Curt. 4, 6, 9.—
II Mental, feeling, sentiment, emotion, affection; sense, understanding, capacity; humor, inclination, disposition, frame of mind, etc.: ipse in commovendis judicibus eis ipsis sensibus, ad quos illos adducere vellem, permoverer, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 189: an vos quoque hic innocentium cruciatus pari sensu doloris adficit? id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 123: vestri sensus ignarus, id. Mil. 27, 72: humanitatis, id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 47; id. Rosc. Am. 53, 154: applicatio animi cum quodam sensu amandi ... ut facile earum (bestiarum) sensus appareat ... sensus amoris exsistit, etc., id. Lael. 8, 27; cf.: ipsi intellegamus naturā gigni sensum diligendi, id. ib. 9, 32: meus me sensus, quanta vis fraterni sit amoris, admonet, id. Fam. 5, 2, 10: utere argumento ipse sensus tui, id. Rep. 1, 38, 59: nihil est tam molle, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos sensusque civium, id. Mil. 16, 42: quae mihi indigna et intolerabilia videntur, ea pro me ipso et animi mei sensu ac dolore pronuntio, id. Rosc. Am. 44, 129.—
2 Opinion, thought, sense, view: animi, Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 148: valde mihi placebat sensus ejus de re publicā, id. Att. 15, 7: (orator) ita peragrat per animos hominum, ita sensus mentesque pertractat, ut, etc., id. de Or. 1, 51, 222 sq.: qui est iste tuus sensus, quae cogitatio? Brutos ut non probes, Antonios probes? id. Phil. 10, 2, 4: dissidenti sensus suos aperire, Nep. Dion, 8, 2: sensus reconditi, Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 2.—
3 Esp., the common feelings of humanity, the moral sense, taste, discretion, tact in intercourse with men, often called in full sensus communis (sometimes with hominum), and often in other phrases of similar force: ut in ceteris (artium studiis) id maxime excellat, quod longissime sit ab imperitorum intellegentiā sensuque disjunctum, in dicendo autem vitium vel maximum sit a volgari genere orationis atque a consuetudine communis sensus abhorrere, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12: quae versantur in sensu hominum communi, id. ib. 2, 16, 68; id. Planc. 13, 31: communis ille sensus in aliis fortasse latuit, id. ib. 14, 34; Hor. S. 1, 3, 66: sit in beneficio sensus communis, Sen. Ben. 1, 12, 3; id. Ep. 5, 4; 105, 3; Quint. 1, 2, 20: rarus sensus communis in illā fortunā, Juv. 8, 73. —Plur., Cic. Clu. 6, 17: ea sunt in communibus infixa sensibus, id. de Or. 3, 50, 195; so, vulgaris popularisque sensus, id. ib. 1, 23, 108: haec oratio longe a nostris sensibus abhorrebat, id. ib. 1, 18, 83; cf.: mirari solebam istum in his ipsis rebus aliquem sensum habere, quem scirem nullā in re quicquam simile hominis habere, id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33.—
B Transf. (in the poets, and also in prose after the Aug. per.), of the thinking faculty, sense, understanding, mind, reason (syn.: mens, ratio).
1 In gen. (rare): misero quod omnes Eripit sensus mihi, Cat. 51, 6; cf.: tibi sensibus ereptis mens excidit, id. 66, 25; Ov. M. 3, 631; 14, 178: (quibus fortuna) sensum communem abstulit, common sense, Phaedr. 1, 7, 4 (in another signif.,
v. supra, II. A. fin., and infra, 2. fin.): eam personam, quae furore detenta est, quia sensum non habet, etc., Dig. 24, 3, 22, § 7: nec potest animal injuriam fecisse, quod sensu caret, ib. 9, 1, 1, § 3.—
2 In partic., of discourse.
a Abstr., sense, idea, notion, meaning, signification (syn.: sententia, notio, significatio, vis; poet. and post-Aug.; freq. in Quint.): nec testamenti potuit sensus colligi, Phaedr. 4, 5, 19: verba, quibus voces sensusque notarent, Hor. S. 1, 3, 103: is verbi sensus, Ov. F. 5, 484: quae verbis aperta occultos sensus habent, Quint. 8, 2, 20: ambiguitas, quae turbare potest sensum, id. 8, 2, 16: verba duos sensus significantia, id. 6, 3, 48: ἀλληγορία aliud verbis, aliud sensu ostendit, id. 8, 6, 44: Pomponium sensibus celebrem, verbis rudem, Vell. 2, 9, 5: horum versuum sensus atque ordo sic, opinor, est, Gell. 7, 2, 10: egregie dicta circa eumdem sensum tria, Sen. Ep. 7, 10.—Introducing a quotation: erat autem litterarum sensus hujusmodi, Amm. 20, 8, 4.—With gen. person: salvo modo poëtae sensu, the meaning, Quint. 1, 9, 2.—
b Concr., a thought expressed in words, a sentence, period (postAug.): sensus omnis habet suum finem, poscitque naturale intervallum, quo a sequentis initio dividatur, Quint. 9, 4, 61; 7, 10, 16; cf. id. 11, 2, 20: puer ut sciat, ubi claudatur sensus, id. 1, 8, 1: ridendi, qui velut leges prooemiis omnibus dederunt, ut intra quattuor sensus terminarentur, id. 4, 1, 62: verbo sensum cludere multo optimum est, id. 9, 4, 26 et saep.—Hence, communes sensus (corresp. with loci), commonplaces, Tac. Or. 31.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) sēnsus, a, um, part. de sentio ; v. plur. n. sensa.
(2) sēnsŭs,⁷ ūs, m. (sentio ),
1 [en gén.] action de sentir, de s’apercevoir : sensim sine sensu ætas senescit Cic. CM 38, on vieillit insensiblement sans en avoir conscience
2 action de percevoir par les sens, de sentir : voluptatis sensum capere Cic. Nat. 3, 32, éprouver une sensation (sentiment) de plaisir ; moriendi sensum celeritas abstulit Cic. Læl. 12, la rapidité de la mort lui en a enlevé le sentiment ; sensum veræ gloriæ capere Cic. Phil. 5, 49, goûter la vraie gloire || faculté de sentir : videmus in partibus mundi inesse sensum atque rationem Cic. Nat. 2, 30, nous voyons que les parties de l’univers ont la sensibilité et la raison ; movere sensum Lucr. 3, 839, agir sur la sensibilité
3 sens : sensus oculorum, aurium Cic. Tusc. 5, 111 ; Fin. 2, 52 ; videndi Cic. de Or. 2, 357 ; audiendi Cic. Rep. 6, 19, sens de la vue, de l’ouïe ; res subjectæ sensibus Cic. Ac. 1, 31, choses qui tombent sous les sens ; quod neque oculis neque auribus neque ullo sensu percipi potest Cic. Or. 8, cette beauté] qui ne peut être perçue ni par les yeux ni par les oreilles ni par aucun sens
4 [au sens moral] sentiment : sensus amoris, amandi Cic. Læl. 27 ; diligendi Cic. Læl. 32, sentiment d’amour, disposition à aimer ; humanitatis Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, sentiment d’humanité ; quod in communibus hominum sensibus atque in ipsa natura positum atque infixum est Cic. Clu. 17, une chose qui est fixée, gravée dans les sentiments communs à tous les hommes et dans notre propre nature [= un sentiment profondément humain] ; vultus qui sensus animi plerumque indicant Cic. de Or. 2, 148, les jeux de physionomie qui d’ordinaire décèlent les sentiments || manière de sentir, disposition d’esprit, sentiment : vestri sensus ignarus Cic. Mil. 72, ignorant de vos dispositions d’esprit ; meus me sensus, quanta vis fraterni sit amoris, admonet Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 10, mes propres sentiments me rappellent la puissance de l’amitié fraternelle ; voluntas erga nos sensusque civium Cic. Mil. 42, les dispositions des citoyens à notre égard et leurs sentiments
5 [au sens intellectuel] manière de voir, de concevoir : sensus communis Cic. de Or. 1, 12, la manière de penser commune (ordinaire) ; quæ versantur in sensu hominis communi Cic. de Or. 2, 68, les choses qui se rattachent aux façons ordinaires de penser de l’humanité ; vulgaris popularisque sensus Cic. de Or. 1, 108, les façons de penser de la foule ; de meo sensu judico Cic. Cat. 4, 11, je juge d’après mon sentiment || intelligence, faculté d’appréciation : mirari solebam istum in his ipsis rebus aliquem sensum habere, quem scirem nulla in re quicquam simile hominis habere Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, je m’étonnais que cet homme pût avoir qq. goût en ces matières, lui dont je sais qu’en rien il n’a quoi que ce soit qui rappelle l’homme cultivé ; tacito quodam sensu Cic. de Or. 3, 195, par une sorte de jugement instinctif ; ea sunt in communibus infixa sensibus Cic. de Or. 3, 195, ces appréciations [du rythme, de la mélodie] sont du domaine de la sensibilité générale (commune à tous); [d’où] : cum sensu Cic. de Or. 2, 184, avec du sentiment, avec du tact
6 faculté de penser, de comprendre, intelligence : sit in beneficio sensus communis Sen. Ben. 1, 12, 3, en matière de bienfaits que le bon sens nous guide ; molestus, communi sensu caret Hor. S. 1, 3, 66, c’est un fâcheux, il n’a pas l’intelligence la plus courante [le sentiment banal des convenances]
7 a) pensée, idée : scire ubi claudatur sensus Quint. 1, 8, 1, savoir où l’idée (le sens) s’achève ; salvo modo poetæ sensu Quint. 1, 9, 2, en respectant toutefois la pensée du poète ; egregie dicta circa eumdem sensum tria Sen. Ep. 7, 10, trois belles paroles sur le même sujet ; b) phrase, période : verbo sensum cludere Quint. 9, 4, 26, terminer la phrase par un verbe.