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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kensēō, from earlier *kensējō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenséh₁-ye-ti, from *ḱens- (“to announce”). Cognate with Sanskrit शंसति (śáṃsati, “to declare”), Proto-Iranian *cánhati.
Pronunciation
Verb
cēnseō (present infinitive cēnsēre, perfect active cēnsuī, supine cēnsum); second conjugation
- to give an opinion
- to think, suppose or judge
- Synonyms: credo, reor, opinor, iūdicō, sentio, existimo, cogito, considero, arbitror, puto, reputo
- to recommend, advise
- Synonyms: suādeō, commendō, conciliō, dēlīberō, moneō, admoneō, praedicō
- to decree, vote or determine
- Synonym: cōnscīscō
- to count or reckon, assess
- to register the citizens, perform the task of a censor
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
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References
- “censeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “censeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- censeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the censors hold a census of the people: censores censent populum
- what is your opinion: quid censes? quid tibi videtur?
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107