sensus

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.sus/, [ˈs̠ẽːs̠ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.sus/, [ˈsɛnsus]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of sentiō (“feel, perceive”).

Participle

sēnsus (feminine sēnsa, neuter sēnsum); first/second-declension participle

felt, perceived with the senses, having felt (with the hands)
perceived: noticed mentally, having perceived
having had an opinion, having felt emotion

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	sēnsus	sēnsa	sēnsum	sēnsī	sēnsae	sēnsa
genitive	sēnsī	sēnsae	sēnsī	sēnsōrum	sēnsārum	sēnsōrum
dative	sēnsō	sēnsae	sēnsō	sēnsīs
accusative	sēnsum	sēnsam	sēnsum	sēnsōs	sēnsās	sēnsa
ablative	sēnsō	sēnsā	sēnsō	sēnsīs
vocative	sēnse	sēnsa	sēnsum	sēnsī	sēnsae	sēnsa

Derived terms

sēnsa

Etymology 2

Action noun from sentiō (“feel, perceive”).

Noun

sēnsus m (genitive sēnsūs); fourth declension

perception, capability of feeling, ability to perceive
a feeling, sentiment
(poetic) understanding, reason

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sēnsus	sēnsūs
genitive	sēnsūs	sēnsuum
dative	sēnsuī	sēnsibus
accusative	sēnsum	sēnsūs
ablative	sēnsū	sēnsibus
vocative	sēnsus	sēnsūs

Derived terms

Descendants

Corsican: sensu
Italian: senso
Old French: (also partly from Frankish *sinn) sens, sen, san
- Middle French: sens, senz, cens
  - French: sens
- Picard: sins
- → Middle English: sense, sence, sens
  - English: sense, sence
    - → Afrikaans: sense
Old Galician-Portuguese: siso, seso
- Galician: siso
- Portuguese: siso
Old Spanish:
- Spanish: seso
→ Romanian: sens
→ Galician: senso
→ Portuguese: senso

References

“sensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“sensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
sensus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
sensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- sound, unimpaired senses: sensus sani, integri, incorrupti
- to be endowed with sense: sensibus praeditum esse
- not to possess the sense of hearing: sensu audiendi carere
- to come within the sphere of the senses: sensibus or sub sensus subiectum esse
- to be perceptible to the senses: sensibus percipi
- the world of sense, the visible world: res sensibus or oculis subiectae (De Fin. 5. 12. 36)
- to make an impression on the senses: sensus movere (more strongly pellere)
- a thing makes a pleasant impression on the senses: aliquid sensus suaviter afficit
- a thing makes a pleasant impression on the senses: aliquid sensus iucunditate perfundit
- to free one's mind from the influences of the senses: sevocare mentem a sensibus (De Nat. D. 3. 8. 21)
- something offends my instincts, goes against the grain: aliquid a sensibus meis abhorret
- the date: dies (fem. in this sense)
- to possess not the least spark of feeling: nullam partem sensus habere
- (ambiguous) to come within the sphere of the senses: sub sensum or sub oculos, sub aspectum cadere
- (ambiguous) to be a man of taste: sensum, iudicium habere
- (ambiguous) to express oneself in popular language: ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)
- (ambiguous) to be quite insensible of all feelings to humanity: omnem humanitatis sensum amisisse
sensus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016