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censūra

the office of censor

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What it meant

1. censura — de Vaan

censura 'the office of censor' (Cic.+); accensus [m.] 'supernumerary, attendant' (PL+), percensere 'to survey, inspect' (Varro+), suscensere 'to be angry with' (P1.+)Pit *knse- 'to estimate'. It cognates: FaL censor [nom.sg.] may be a loan from Latin; O. ancensto [nom.sg.f.] 'unestimated'; 0. censaum [inf.pn], censazet [3p.fut.], censamur [3 s.ipv.pr.ps.], censas fiist [3 s.fiitpf.ps.] (all Tabula Bantina) 'to pass … — [de Vaan, s.v. censura, p. 121]

2. censūra — Lewis & Short

censūra, ae, f.censor.

I The office of censor, censorship, Liv. 4, 8, 2; 4, 24, 3 sq.; 9, 34, 16 sq.; 9, 46, 10 et saep.; Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48; Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 44; Ov. F. 6, 647 et saep.—Prov.: dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas, Juv. 2, 63.—

II Trop.

A A judgment, opinion, in gen. (prob. not ante-Aug.), Ov. R. Am. 362: vivorum, Vell. 2, 36, 3: vini, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 72: culinarum, id. 9, 54, 79, § 169: cachinni, Juv. 10, 31: de omni scripto (Senecae) judicium censuramque facere, Gell. 12, 2, 2. —

B A severe, rigid judgment, severity: parentis, Treb. Gall. 3; Capitol. M. Aur. 22.

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