adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
sententiōsus
sententiōsus (feminine sententiōsa, neuter sententiōsum, adverb sententiōsē)
Classical[sɛn.tɛn.tiˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[sen.ten.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivepithy, sententious
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sententiōsus | sententiōsa | sententiōsum |
| genitive | sententiōsī | sententiōsae | sententiōsī |
| dative | sententiōsō | sententiōsae | sententiōsō |
| accusative | sententiōsum | sententiōsam | sententiōsum |
| ablative | sententiōsō | sententiōsā | sententiōsō |
| vocative | sententiōse | sententiōsa | sententiōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sententiōsī | sententiōsae | sententiōsa |
| genitive | sententiōsōrum | sententiōsārum | sententiōsōrum |
| dative | sententiōsīs | sententiōsīs | sententiōsīs |
| accusative | sententiōsōs | sententiōsās | sententiōsa |
| ablative | sententiōsīs | sententiōsīs | sententiōsīs |
| vocative | sententiōsī | sententiōsae | sententiōsa |
sententĭōsus, a, um, adj. sententia, II. B. 2.,
I. full of meaning, pithy, sententious (rare but Ciceron.):
sententiosum et argutum genus dictionis, Cic. Brut. 95, 325.— Adv.: sententĭōsē. A. Full of meaning, suggestively:
sententiose (dicere) sine verborum et ordine et modo (opp. composite) et apte sine sententiis, Cic. Or. 71, 236: oratione habitā graviter et sententiose, id. Inv. 1, 55, 106.—B. Sententiously:
saepe sententiose ridicula dicuntur, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 286.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sententiōsus adj.
sententia, full of meaning, pithy, sententious : genus dictionis.
Origins
From sententia + -ōsus.
Descendants
- Englishsententious
- Frenchsentencieux
- Italiansentenzioso
- Portuguesesentencioso
- Romaniansentențios
- Spanishsentencioso
In English words that came into English from sententiōsus
- sententioussententiōsus
- sententiositysententiōsus