sentiō, sentīre, sēnsī, sēnsum

Definitions for sentīre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to feel, perceive, think, experience
English derivatives:
assent consent dissent presentiment resent sentimental scent

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To perceive by any one of the senses. (b) to have a sensation of, feel.
2
To become or be aware of, sense, discern, recognize, etc. (b) (w. acc. and inf.) (c) (w. pred. acc.). (d) (w. indir. qu.). (e) (w. nom. pple., app. in imitation of Gk.).
3
(absol.) To have full use of one's senses and faculties, to be alert and conscious.
4
(of persons or things) To have experience of, meet with, undergo. (b) to be conscious of, feel (an emotion). (c) to enjoy (a profit, etc.).
5
To be affected by, feel the influence of (a physical force, etc.). (b) to have experiemce of, know (a person, etc., in a stated or implied capacity).

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Sentences with sentīre

Latin to English

Amor patriae in omnī animō sentiēbātur (sentiētur, sentītur, sēnsus est). Compare In every soul the love of country used to be felt (will be felt, is felt, was felt).

Rara temporum felicitate, ubi sentire quae velis, et quae sentias dicere licet. [Historae, I,1]Compare The rare happiness of times when we may think what we please, and express what we think.

Hominis est enim adfici dolore, sentire, resistere tamen et solacia admittere, non solaciis non egere.Compare For it is the very essence of human nature to feel those impressions of sorrow, which it yet endeavors to resist, and to admit, not to be above, consolation.

Nam ego sentio bonus mens iracundia et amor aufero.Compare For I perceive that my good sense was taken away from me by anger and affection.

Sentio ego, Scipio, omnis aetas mors sum communis.Compare I have perceived, Scipio, that death is common to every age.

Quid scribam vobis, patres conscripti, aut quo modo scribam aut quid omnino non scribam hoc tempore, quam perir me cotidie sentio, si scio.Compare May all the gods and goddesses destroy me more miserably than I feel myself to be daily perishing, if I know at this moment what to write to you, how to write it, or what, in short, not to write.

Sero sentio frustra sui aut pecunia studeo aut imperium, aut opes, aut gloria.Compare They perceive too late that they have in vain pursued money, or power, or influence, or glory.

Populus Romanus eo invictus sum sentio, quod in secundus res sapio et consulo memini.Compare I think that the Roman nation is on this account unconquered, because in prosperity it remembers to be wise and provident.

Conjugation table for sentīre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
sentiō sentīs sentit sentīmus sentītis sentiunt	sentiēbam sentiēbās sentiēbat sentiēbāmus sentiēbātis sentiēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
sēnsī sēnsistī sēnsit sēnsimus sēnsistis sēnsērunt / sēnsēre	sēnseram sēnserās sēnserat sēnserāmus sēnserātis sēnserant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
sentiam sentiēs sentiet sentiēmus sentiētis sentient	sēnserō sēnseris sēnserit sēnserimus sēnseritis sēnserint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
sentiam sentiās sentiat sentiāmus sentiātis sentiant	sentīrem sentīrēs sentīret sentīrēmus sentīrētis sentīrent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
sēnserim sēnseris sēnserit sēnserimus sēnseritis sēnserint	sēnsissem sēnsissēs sēnsisset sēnsissēmus sēnsissētis sēnsissent
Infinitive present sentīre Infinitive perfect sēnsisse Infinitive future sēnsūrum esse	Imperative present sentī sentīte Imperative future sentītō sentītō sentītōte sentiuntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
sentior sentīris sentītur sentīmur sentīminī sentiuntur	sentiēbar sentiēbāris / sentiēbāre sentiēbātur sentiēbāmur sentiēbāminī sentiēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
sēnsus sum sēnsus es sēnsus est sēnsī sumus sēnsī estis sēnsī sunt	sēnsus eram sēnsus erās sēnsus erat sēnsī erāmus sēnsī erātis sēnsī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
sentiar sentiēris / sentiēre sentiētur sentiēmur sentiēminī sentientur	sēnsus erō sēnsus eris sēnsus erit sēnsī erimus sēnsī eritis sēnsī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
sentiar sentiāris / sentiāre sentiātur sentiāmur sentiāminī sentiantur	sentīrer sentīrēris / sentīrēre sentīrētur sentīrēmur sentīrēminī sentīrentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
sēnsus sim sēnsus sīs sēnsus sit sēnsī sīmus sēnsī sītis sēnsī sint	sēnsus essem sēnsus essēs sēnsus esset sēnsī essēmus sēnsī essētis sēnsī essent
Infinitive present sentīrī Infinitive perfect sēnsum esse Infinitive future sēnsum īrī	Imperative present sentīre sentīminī Imperative future sentītor sentītor - sentīuntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	sentiēns	sentientēs
Gen.	sentientis	sentientium
Dat.	sentientī	sentientibus
Acc.	sentientem	sentientēs
Abl.	sentiente	sentientibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	sēnsūrus	sēnsūrī
Gen.	sēnsūrī	sēnsūrōrum
Dat.	sēnsūrō	sēnsūrīs
Acc.	sēnsūrum	sēnsūrōs
Abl.	sēnsūrō	sēnsūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	sēnsus	sēnsī
Gen.	sēnsī	sēnsōrum
Dat.	sēnsō	sēnsīs
Acc.	sēnsum	sēnsōs
Abl.	sēnsō	sēnsīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	sentiendus	sentiendī
Gen.	sentiendī	sentiendōrum
Dat.	sentiendō	sentiendīs
Acc.	sentiendum	sentiendōs
Abl.	sentiendō	sentiendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	sentīre	sēnsum
Gen.	sentiendī	sēnsū
Dat.	sentiendō
Acc.	sentiendum
Abl.	sentiendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 71.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1736.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "sentiō, sentīre, sēnsī, sēnsum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified October 1, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/sentio-sentire-sensi-sensum.