LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

sententiola

sententiola f (genitive sententiolae)
Classical[sɛn.tɛnˈti.ɔ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[sen.tenˈt͡siː.o.la]

Meaning

  1. femininea short or little sentence, maxim, or aphorism

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesententiolasententiolae
genitivesententiolaesententiolārum
dativesententiolaesententiolīs
accusativesententiolamsententiolās
ablativesententiolāsententiolīs
vocativesententiolasententiolae

sententĭŏla, ae, f. dim. id.,
I. a short or little sentence, maxim, or aphorism: sententiolas edicti cujusdam memoriae mandavi, * Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 21; Quint. 5, 13, 37; 9, 2, 98; 11, 1, 52; 12, 10, 73; Petr. 118, 2; Gell. 17, 12, 4.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -ola Latin sententiola From sententia (“opinion, thought, feeling”) + -ola (diminutive suffix).

Quick answers

What does sententiola mean in Latin?
sententiola, a noun, means “a short or little sentence, maxim, or aphorism”.
What is the genitive of sententiola?
The genitive singular is sententiolae. sententiola is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce sententiola?
In classical Latin, [sɛn.tɛnˈti.ɔ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sen.tenˈt͡siː.o.la].