noun · femininethird declension
exīstimātiō
exīstimātiō f (genitive exīstimātiōnis)
Classical[ɛk.siːs.tɪˈmaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[eɡ.zis.tiˈmat.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- judgement, opinion (normally good)
- reputation, honour, character, credit
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | exīstimātiō exīstumātiō | exīstimātiōnēs exīstumātiōnēs |
| genitive | exīstimātiōnis exīstumātiōnis | exīstimātiōnum exīstumātiōnum |
| dative | exīstimātiōnī exīstumātiōnī | exīstimātiōnibus exīstumātiōnibus |
| accusative | exīstimātiōnem exīstumātiōnem | exīstimātiōnēs exīstumātiōnēs |
| ablative | exīstimātiōne exīstumātiōne | exīstimātiōnibus exīstumātiōnibus |
| vocative | exīstimātiō exīstumātiō | exīstimātiōnēs exīstumātiōnēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- existimatio hominum, omnium
- the common opinion, the general idea.
- existimatio populi, hominum
- public opinion.
- bona, mala existimatio est de aliquo
- to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of.
existĭmātĭo (existum-), ōnis, f. id.,
I. a judging, judgment, opinion, supposition (class.; in sing. and plur. equally common).
I. Prop.:
re et existimatione jam, lege et pronuntiatione nondum condemnato, Cic. Clu. 20, 56. non est tibi his solis utendum existimationibus ac judiciis, qui nunc sunt, hominum, sed, etc., id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43: quod de pietate dixistis, est quidem ista vestra existimatio, sed judicium certe parentis, i. e. that is your opinion, but the father is the proper judge, id. Cael. 2, 4: ne respexeris clandestinas existimationes, Plin. Pan. 62 fin.: in hoc genere facilior est existimatio quam reprehensio, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 190: tacitorum existimatione reprehendi, id. Prov. Cons. 17, 40; cf.: militis de imperatore, Liv. 4, 41, 2 Drak.: communis omnibus, id. 4, 20, 8 Drak.: nec illum ante tibi satis facere, quam tu omnium existimationi satis fecisses, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 133; cf.: vir optimus omnium existimatione, id. Rep. 3, 17. —II. Transf., objectively (cf. rumor, B.), reputation, good name, honor, character, credit:
existimatio est dignitatis illaesae status, legibus ac moribus comprobatus, qui ex delicto nostro auctoritate legum aut minuitur aut consumitur, etc., Dig. 50, 13, 5: nihil eum fecisse scientem, quod esset contra aut rem aut existimationem tuam, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1: homo egens, sordidus, sine honore, sine existimatione, sine censu, id. Flacc. 22, 52; cf.: homo fortunā egens, vitā turpis, existimatione damnatus, id. ib. 15, 35: judicia summae existimationis et paene dicam capitis, id. Rosc. Com. 6, 16; cf. id. Att. 1, 1, 4: nisi quid existimas in ea re violari existimationem tuam, id. Fam. 13, 73, 2: existimationem offendere, id. Planc. 2, 6; id. Fam. 3, 8, 7: oppugnare, id. ib. 3, 10, 8: lacerare, Suet. Caes. 75: perdere, Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14: existimationi alicujus consulere, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15: ad debitorum tuendam existimationem, i. e. credit, Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
exīstimātiō (exīstum-) ōnis, f
existimo, a judging, judgment, opinion, supposition, decision, estimate, verdict : vostra, T.: praetoris: omnium, Cs.: tacita: est quidem ista vestra existimatio, sed iudicium certe parentis, that is your opinion, but the father is the proper judge : non militis de imperatore existimationem esse, sed populi R., etc. — Reputation, good name, honor, character : bonae existimationis causā: homo sine existimatione: offensa nostrae ordinis: hominum, regard : ad debitorum tuendam existimationem, i. e. credit , Cs.: alcuius existimationi consulere.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exīstimātiō From existimō + -tiō.