adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
cēnsōrius
cēnsōrius (feminine cēnsōria, neuter cēnsōrium)
Classical[kẽːˈsoː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃenˈsɔː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectivecensorial
- adjectiverigid, severe
- adjectiveaustere
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cēnsōrius | cēnsōria | cēnsōrium |
| genitive | cēnsōriī | cēnsōriae | cēnsōriī |
| dative | cēnsōriō | cēnsōriae | cēnsōriō |
| accusative | cēnsōrium | cēnsōriam | cēnsōrium |
| ablative | cēnsōriō | cēnsōriā | cēnsōriō |
| vocative | cēnsōrie | cēnsōria | cēnsōrium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cēnsōriī | cēnsōriae | cēnsōria |
| genitive | cēnsōriōrum | cēnsōriārum | cēnsōriōrum |
| dative | cēnsōriīs | cēnsōriīs | cēnsōriīs |
| accusative | cēnsōriōs | cēnsōriās | cēnsōria |
| ablative | cēnsōriīs | cēnsōriīs | cēnsōriīs |
| vocative | cēnsōriī | cēnsōriae | cēnsōria |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- nota, animadversio censoria
- the reprimand of a censor.
- Cato Uticensis ortus erat a Catone Censorio
- Cato of Utica was a direct descendant of Cato the Censor.
censōrĭus, a, um, adj. censor,
I. of or pertaining to the censor, censorial:
tabulae, the lists of the censor, Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 4: lex, a contract for leasing buildings, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 143; public revenues, id. Prov. Cons. 5, 12; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 12, § 35 (the same: locatio, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12); sometimes, also, the order, decisions of the censor (concerning the divisions of the people, taxes, public buildings, etc.), id. Rab. Perd. 5, 15; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16: edictum (de rhetoribus Latinis), Suet. Rhet. 1: severitas, Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf. id. Pis. 5, 10: animadversio atque auctoritas, id. Clu. 42, 117 and 119; cf. animadversio, id. ib. 46, 129 fin.: nota, Liv. 24, 18, 9; Quint. 5, 11, 13; 5, 13, 32 (cf. Cic. Clu. 46, 129: censoriae severitatis nota): opus, a fault or crime which was followed by the punishment of the censor, Cic. de Or. 2, 90, 367; Suet. Caes. 41; Gell. 4, 12, 1; 14, 7, 8; for which also, probrum, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 10; but censorium opus, the punishment inflicted by the censor, Col. 12, praef. fin.: homo, any one who had been censor, Cic. de Or. 2, 90, 367.—Hence, Cato Censorius, Quint. 12, 1, 35.—II. Trop., rigid, severe:
gravitas, Cic. Cael. 15, 35: virgula, Quint. 1, 4, 3: lima, Mart. 5, 80, 12.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cēnsōrius adj.
censor, of the censor, censorial: tabulae, the lists: lex, relating to public buildings: locatio, a farming of revenue: iudicium notioque: animadversio atque auctoritas: nota, L.: ignominia: opus, a fault punished by the censor: homo, who had been censor. — Rigid, severe: gravitas.
Origins
From cēnseō (“give an opinion”) + -tōrius.
Descendants
- Italiancensorio
- Portuguesecensório
- Spanishcensorio