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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.