The corpus record — Latin

opinatio

opinatio · f

a supposing

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Where it lives

Timaeus 1 · 2.37/10k
Academica 1 · 2.05/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 8 · 1.41/10k
Lucullus 2 · 1.11/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2 · 0.25/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ŏpīnātĭo — Lewis & Short

ŏpīnātĭo, ōnis, f.id.,

I a supposing, opining; a supposition, conjecture, imagination, fancy, opinion, belief (class.): opinationem volunt esse imbecillam assensionem, Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15; id. Ac. 2, 25, 78: haec autem opinatio est judicatio se scire, quod nesciat, id. Tusc. 4, 11, 26; cf. the context: mordax et inepta, Val. Max. 1, 8, 8: (Tullius) quid super tali opinatione sentiret, Arn. 3, 6.

In the wild

opinatione Cicero, Timaeus 5
opinationem Cicero, Lucullus 108
opinatio Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 4.26
opinatio Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 9.9.3
opinationem Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 4.26
opinatio Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 4.26

6 of 15 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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