sententiosus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sententĭōsus, a, um, adj. [sententia, II. B. 2.],

I full of meaning , pithy , sententious (rare but Ciceron.): sententiosum et argutum genus dictionis, Cic. Brut. 95, 325.— Adv.: sententĭōsē .

A Full of meaning , suggestively : sententiose (dicere) sine verborum et ordine et modo (opp. composite) et apte sine sententiis, Cic. Or. 71, 236: oratione habitā graviter et sententiose, id. Inv. 1, 55, 106.—

B Sententiously : saepe sententiose ridicula dicuntur, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 286.

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