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|lshtext=<b>sensus</b>: a, um, Part. of [[sentio]].<br /><b>sensus</b>: ūs, m. [[sentio]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[faculty]] or [[power]] of perceiving, [[perception]], [[feeling]], [[sensation]], [[sense]], etc.<br /><b>I</b> 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf. (in the poets, and also in [[prose]] [[after]] the Aug. per.), of the [[thinking]] [[faculty]], [[sense]], [[understanding]], [[mind]], [[reason]] (syn.: [[mens]], [[ratio]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.,<br /> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic., of [[discourse]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</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.

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|georg=sēnsus, ūs, m. ([[sentio]]), I) das Wahrnehmen, die [[Wahrnehmung]], [[Beobachtung]], ut (oppidanos) a sensu [[eius]] (operis) averteret, Curt. 4, 6 (25), 9: utere [[igitur]] argumento [[tute]] [[ipse]] [[sensus]] tui, wähle dir [[also]] [[selbst]] [[einen]] [[Beweis]] aus deiner [[Erfahrung]], Cic. de rep. 1, 59. – II) prägn., die wahrnehmende [[Kraft]], 1) die physische: a) die [[Empfindung]], das [[Gefühl]], das [[Bewußtsein]], bestiis [[sensus]] a [[natura]] est [[datus]], Cic.: [[deus]] [[totus]] est [[sensus]], [[totus]] [[visus]], [[totus]] [[auditus]], Plin.: [[illa]] [[sensus]] [[omnis]] expertia, empfindungslosen, gefühllosen Dinge, Curt.: s. moriendi, Cic.: parĕre [[sensus]], Cic.: voluptatis sensum capere, Cic. – b) der [[Sinn]], [[tactus]] corporis est [[sensus]], Lucr.: [[quinque]] sensuum voluptates, Lact.: s. videndi, audiendi, Cic.: [[sensus]] oculorum [[atque]] aurium, Sen.: [[sensus]] oculorum [[atque]] aurium hebetes, Liv.: [[res]] subiectae sensibus, Cic.: narium sensum commulcere, Arnob. – c) das [[Bewußtsein]] = die Besinnung, im Plur. – die Sinne, omnem sensum alci excutere, Curt.: omnes [[sensus]] alci eripere, Catull.: a mero redeunt in pectora [[sensus]], Ov.: [[sensus]] vincuntur mero, Curt. – 2) die moralische: a) der [[Sinn]], das [[Gefühl]], s. amoris, amandi, diligendi, Cic.: s. humanitatis: absol., ut ([[oratio]]) [[sensus]], ut doloris habeat, [[quantum]] [[opus]] sit, daß [[sie]] das nötige Ethos u. [[Pathos]] habe, Cic.: dah. im Plur. = die Empfindungen, Gefühle, die [[wir]] [[hegen]], verba, quibus voces sensusque notarent, Hor.: [[vultus]] [[sensus]] animi [[plerumque]] indicant, Cic. – b) die [[Sinnesart]], [[Denkungsart]], die [[Gesinnung]], [[Stimmung]], s. civium, populi, Cic.: [[non]] [[sum]] [[tam]] [[vestri]] [[sensus]] [[ignarus]] [[atque]] [[expers]], ut etc., Cic.: erat [[eodem]] [[quo]] [[Alcibiades]] sensu, er war [[ein]] [[Gesinnungsgenosse]] [[des]] Alc., Nep.: dissidentes suos [[sensus]] aperire, Nep. – 3) die geistige, a) die [[Anschauungsweise]], Auffassungsweise, das [[Verständnis]], die [[Ansicht]], die Gedanken, s. [[communis]] ([[allgemein]] herrschende, gang u. gäbe), Cic. (vgl. no. b): s. [[vulgaris]] popularisque ([[des]] großen Haufens), Cic.: totis castris [[unus]] omnium [[sensus]], Curt.: abhorrere a nostris sensibus od. a consuetudine [[communis]] [[sensus]], Cic.: [[quod]] in communibus hominum sensibus [[atque]] ipsā naturā positum [[atque]] infixum est, Cic.: dah. das [[Verständnis]], [[Urteil]], der [[Geschmack]] [[für]] etw., omnibus sensibus [[orbus]], Vell.: in his rebus aliquem sensum habere, Cic. – b) das geistige Wahrnehmungsvermögen, die Denkkraft, der [[Verstand]], [[celer]] sensu, Vell.: s. [[rudis]] et [[inconditus]], Cic.: s. [[communis]], allen Menschen gemeinsamer, gesunder [[Menschenverstand]], verständiger [[Sinn]], Hor., Phaedr. u. Sen. (vgl. no. a): ex communibus sensibus ducta [[oratio]] (aus den gewöhnlichen Kreisen der [[Vorstellung]]), Tac. dial. – c) meton., der [[Inhalt]], α) der [[Gedanke]], die [[Idee]] (Ggstz. [[verbum]]), sensibus [[celeber]], verbis [[rudis]], Vell.: irrumpunt optimi [[nonnumquam]] [[sensus]], Quint. – β) der einem Worte [[oder]] [[einer]] [[Schrift]] [[zugrunde]] liegende [[Gedanke]], der [[Sinn]], die [[Bedeutung]], der [[Inhalt]], verbi, Ov.: testamenti, Hor.: verba duos [[sensus]] [[significantia]], die [[zweierlei]] [[Sinn]] [[haben]], Quint: ἀδιανόητα, [[hoc]] est, [[quae]] verbis aperta occultos [[sensus]] habent, Quint.: [[etsi]] ([[ambiguitas]]) sensum turbare [[non]] potest, [[tamen]] etc., Quint.: [[uti]] [[non]] [[solum]] sonum nominis spectes, [[sed]] sensum, Tert.: sensum validiorem facere, den [[Sinn]] [[verstärken]], Serv. – γ) konkr., der in Worten ausgedrückte [[Gedanke]], der [[Satz]], die [[Periode]], [[aliqui]] [[sensus]] [[vehemens]] et [[acer]], Quint.: [[sensus]] [[toti]], quem ad modum coeperunt, desinunt, Quint.: verbo sensum cludere [[multo]] optimum est, Quint.: [[aliter]] [[semiplenus]] est [[sensus]], Serg. in Donat. / vulg. Genet. Sing. sensui, Itala (Cant.) act. apost. 20, 19.

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