cēnsĭo, ōnis, f. [1. censeo] (only anteand post-class.).
I An estimating , taxing , esp. censor’s estimating , rating , appraising : capitis, Gell. 16, 10, 13: Servi Tulli, id. 10, 28, 2; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 81; Paul. ex Fest. p. 65, 9 Müll.—
B The punishment , chastisement ( of the censor ); cf.: censionem facere dicebatur censor, quom multam equiti irrogabat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 54, 5 Müll.—Hence, in the lang. of comedy: censio bubula, a scourging , Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 15.—
II A severe opinion , judgment : de nostris epistulis, Symm. Ep. 1, 3; Ambros. Abrah. 2, 1, 1.—
B The expression of opinion : adsum equidem, ne censionem semper facias, that you be not forever saying censeo, Plaut. Rud. 4, 8, 9.