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opinio

opinio

opinion, imagination

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 174 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. opinio — de Vaan

opinio 'opinion, imagination' (P1.+). Steinbauer 1989 proposes a derivative *op-eina- * to try to achieve' to a noun *eino'purpose', but this noun is as yet illusive. Schrijver stresses that the semantic link — [de Vaan, s.v. opinio, p. 444]

2. ŏpīnĭo — Lewis & Short

ŏpīnĭo, ōnis, f.id.,

I opinion, supposition, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief (class.).
I In gen.: apud homines barbaros opinio plus valet saepe, quam res ipsa, Cic. Fragm. Scaur. 7: est ergo aegritudo opinio recens mali praesentis ... laetitia opinio recens boni praesentis ... metus opinio impendentis mali ... lubido opinio venturi boni, etc., id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 4, 11, 26: magna nobis pueris opinio fuit, L. Crassum non plus attigisse doctrinae, quam, id. de Or. 2, 1, 1: ut opinio mea est, as I suppose, as I believe, id. Fam. 9, 11, 1: ut opinio mea fert, as I believe, id. Font. 13, 39: mea fert opinio, ut, etc., Dig. 24, 1, 32: cujus opinionis etiam Cornelius Celsus est, Celsus also is of this opinion, Col. 2, 12, 6: Romulus habuit opinionem esse, etc., held the belief that, Cic. Div. 2, 33, 70: fuisse in illa populari opinione, to be of an opinion, id. Clu. 51, 142.—More rarely: alicujus opinionis esse, Col. 2, 12, 6: in eādem opinione fui ... te venturum esse, Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, 3: in quā me opinione sine causā esse, ne quis credat, Liv. 44, 38, 4: fuerunt in hac opinione non pauci, ut, etc., Quint. 3, 3, 11; cf. id. 4, 1, 28: cum etiam philosophi Stoicae disciplinae in eādem sint opinione, ut censeant, etc., Lact. 2, 5, 7; 3, 8, 32: cui opinioni nos quoque accedimus, Quint. 2, 15, 29: ipse eorum opinionibus accedo, qui, etc., Tac. G. 4: adducere aliquem in eam opinionem, ut, to make one believe, Cic. Caecin. 5, 13: Pisidae in opinionem adducuntur perfugas fecisse, ut, etc., Nep. Dat. 6, 6: praebere opinionem timoris, to convey the impression, occasion the belief that one is afraid, Caes. B. G. 3, 17: afferre alicui, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: incidere in opinionem, to fall into the belief, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1: in opinionem discedere, to come to the opinion, Cic. Fam. 6, 14, 2: opinione duci, to be led by one's belief, id. Mur. 30, 62: contra (praeter) opinionem, contrary to one's expectation: dicere contra opiniones omnium, id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45: etsi praeter opinionem res ceciderat, Nep. Milt. 2, 5.—With comp.: opinione citius, quicker than had been supposed, Varr. ap. Non. 356, 27: istuc curavi, ut opinione illius pulcrior sis, handsomer than he imagines, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 23: opinione melius res tibi habet tua, si, etc., id. Cas. 2, 5, 30: opinione celerius, Cic. Fam. 14, 23.—
II In partic.
A The repute of a man, the esteem, reputation in which others hold him, the opinion, estimate, expectation formed of him.
a In gen.: opinione fortasse nonnullā, quam de meis moribus habebat, Cic. Lael. 9, 30: integritatis meae, id. Att. 7, 2, 5: non fallam opinionem tuam, id. Fam. 1, 6, 2: genus scriptorum tuorum vicit opinionem meam, exceeded my expectation, id. ib. 5, 12, 1: venit in eam opinionem Cassius, ipsum finxisse bellum, Cassius fell under suspicion of having, was believed to have, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2: summam habere justitiae opinionem. Caes. B. G. 6, 24; 7, 59: quorum de justitiā magna esset opinio multitudinis, Cic. Off. 2, 12, 42: (Porus) bellum jampridem, auditā Alexandri opinione, in adventum ejus parabat, Just. 12, 8, 2.—
b Absol., reputation: ne opinio quidem et fama, cui soli serviunt (poëtae), etc., Tac. Dial. 10 init.: cupidi opinionis, Quint. 12, 9, 4: affert et ista res opinionem, id. 2, 12, 5.—
c Bad repute, reputation for evil: malignitatis opinionem vereri, Tac. Dial. 15: invidiae et ingrati animi, Liv. 45, 38, 6.—
B A report, rumor: divulgatā opinione tam gloriosae expeditionis, Just. 42, 2, 11: quae opinio erat edita in vulgus, Caes. B. C. 3, 29, 3: exiit opinio, proximo lustro descensurum eum ad Olympia, Suet. Ner. 53: opinio etiam sine auctore exierat, eos conspirasse, etc., Liv. 3, 36, 9: opinionem serere, to spread a report, Just. 8, 3, 8: opiniones bellorum, Vulg. Matt. 24, 6; id. Marc. 13, 7.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. opinio (scan p. 444; entry #1207).

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