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    ratiō ōnis, f    [RA-], a reckoning, numbering, casting up, account, calculation, computation: ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum: quibus in tabulis ratio confecta erat, qui numerus domo exisset, etc., Cs.: auri ratio constat, the account tallies: rationem argenti ducere, reckoning: pecuniae habere rationem, to take an account: ratione initā, on casting up the account, Cs.: mihimet ineunda ratio est: (pecuniam) in rationem inducere, bring into their accounts: aeraria, the rate of exchange (the value of money of one standard in that of another): rationes ad aerarium continuo detuli, rendered accounts: rationes cum publicanis putare: rationes a colono accepit: longis rationibus assem in partīs diducere, calculations, H.— A list, manifest, protocol, report, statement: cedo rationem carceris, quae diligentissime conficitur.— A transaction, business, matter, affair, concern, circumstance: re ac ratione cum aliquo coniunctus: in publicis privatisque rationibus, Cs.: nummaria: popularis: comitiorum: ad omnem rationem humanitatis: meam.—Plur., with pron poss., account, interest, advantage: alquis in meis rationibus tibi adiungendus: alienum suis rationibus existimans, etc., inconsistent with his interests, S.—Fig., a reckoning, account, settlement, computation, explanation: rationem reddere earum rerum: secum has rationes putare, T.: initā subductāque ratione scelera meditantes, i. e. after full deliberation: quod posteaquam iste cognovit, hanc rationem habere coepit, reflection: totius rei consilium his rationibus explicabat, ut si, etc., upon the following calculation, Cs.: ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me convenias, etc., i. e. means of determining: semper ita vivamus, ut rationem reddendam nobis arbitremur, must account to ourselves: si gravius quid acciderit, abs te rationem reposcent, will hold you responsible, Cs.— Relation, reference, respect, connection, community: (agricolae) habent rationem cum terrā, quae, etc., have to do: cum omnibus Musis rationem habere: omnes, quibuscum ratio huic est.— A respect, regard, concern, consideration, care: utriusque (sc. naturae et fortunae) omnino habenda ratio est in deligendo genere vitae: (deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem: sauciorum et aegrorum habitā ratione, Cs.: propter rationem brevitatis, out of regard for: habeo rationem, quid a populo R. acceperim, consider: neque illud rationis habuisti, provinciam ad summam stultitiam venisse? did you not consider?—Course, conduct, procedure, mode, manner, method, fashion, plan, principle: tua ratio est, ut... mea, ut, etc.: defensionis ratio viaque: itaque in praesentiā Pompei sequendi rationem omittit, Cs.: in philosophiā disserendi: ut, quo primum curreretur, vix ratio iniri possit, Cs.: hoc aditu laudis vitae meae rationes prohibuerunt, plan of life.—Arrangement, relation, condition, kind, fashion, way, manner, style: ratio atque usus belli, the art and practice of war, Cs.: novae bellandi rationes, Cs.: quorum operum haec erat ratio, etc., Cs.: rationem pontis hanc instituit; tigna bina, etc., Cs.: iuris: haec eadem ratio est in summā totius Galliae, Cs.: eādem ratione, quā pridie, ab nostris resistitur, Cs: quid refert, quā me ratione cogatis?: nullā ratione, Cs.: tota ratio talium largitionum genere vitiosa est, principle.—The faculty of computing, judgment, understanding, reason, reasoning, reflection: Ita fit, ut ratio praesit, appetitus obtemperet: homo, quod rationis est particeps, causas rerum videt: lex est ratio summa: ut, quos ratio non posset, eos ad officium religio duceret: si ratio et prudentia curas aufert, H.: mulier abundat audaciā, consilio et ratione deficitur: Arma amens capio, nec sat rationis in armis, V.: ratione fecisti, sensibly.—Ground, motive, reason: quid tandem habuit argumenti aut rationis res, quam ob rem, etc.: nostra confirmare argumentis ac rationibus: noverit orator argumentorum et rationum locos: ad eam sententiam haec ratio eos deduxit, quod, etc., Cs.: rationibus conquisitis de voluptate disputandum putant: Num parva causa aut prava ratiost? reason, excuse, T.— Reasonableness, reason, propriety, law, rule, order: omnia, quae ratione docentur et viā, reasonably and regularly: ut ratione et viā procedat oratio: quae res ratione modoque Tractari non volt, H.: intervallis pro ratā parte ratione distinctis, divided proportionally by rule: vincit ipsa rerum p. natura saepe rationem, system.—A theory, doctrine, system, science: haec nova et ignota ratio, solem lunae oppositum solere deficere: Epicuri, doctrine: Stoicorum: ratio vivendi... ratio civilis, the art of living... statesmanship.—Knowledge, science. si qua (est in me) huiusce rei ratio aliqua.— A view, opinion, conviction: Mea sic est ratio, T.: cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu loqueretur: cuius ratio etsi non valuit, N. I II

    sapiēns entis （ abl sing. adj. ente or entī, as subst. usu. ente; gen plur. entium, poet. also entūm, H.), adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of sapio], wise, knowing, sensible, well-advised, discreet, judicious: sapientissimum esse dicunt eum, cui, etc.: homo iudicio suo valde sapiens: rex: sapientissimus rex: quis sapientior ad coniecturam?: servus non paulo sapientior, H.: puella, O.: temperatio: verba, T.: Consilium, O.: sapientissimum iudicium senatūs.—As subst m., a sensible person, discreet man, man of sense: dictum sapienti sat est, T.: sapiens causas reddet, H.: Fecundae leporis sapiens sectabitur armos, a connoisseur, H. —In philosophy, wise, sage, knowing the truth: qui quietus animo... is est sapiens: sapientium praecepta: te, Laeli, sapientem appellant: eos septem quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt.—Ironic.: sapientum octavus, H. I II

    sapientia ae, f    [sapiens], good taste, good sense, discernment, discretion, prudence, intelligence, forethought: sedulo Moneo, quae possum, pro meā sapientiā, T.: re enim iniquum est, sed tuā sapientiā fit aequissimum: maiorum: sapientia prima (est), Stultitiā caruisse, H.: Insaniens, H.: virtutes ebullire et sapientias, maxims of wisdom. —Wisdom, philosophy, perfection of intellect and character: sapientia est rerum divinarum et humanarum scientia: sapientia, quae ars vivendi putanda est: pro vestrā sapientiā: ceterarum rerum tua, in other things.—A science: ista Scaevolarum, i. e. the science of jurisprudence: audaciā pro sapientiā uti: constituendae civitatis, i. e. statesmanship.

    sēnsus ūs, m    [SENT-], a perceiving, observation: utere igitur argumento tute ipse sensūs tui, accept a proof from your own experience: oppidanos a sensu eius (operis) avertere, Cu.— A power of perceiving, perception, feeling, sensation, sense, consciousness: doloris: moriundi sensum celeritas abstulit: (Niobe) posuit sensum, saxea facta, mali, O.— A sense, special sense: ut nec ullus sensus maneat: oculorum: neque oculis neque auribus neque ullo sensu percipi: gustatus, qui est sensus maxime voluptarius: sensūs in capite conlocati sunt.— Feeling, sentiment, emotion, inclination, disposition: ipse in commovendis iudicibus eis ipsis sensibus permoveri: vestri sensūs ignarus: amandi... amoris: meus me sensus, quanta vis fraterni sit amoris, admonet: erga nos sensus civium.— An opinion, thought, sense, view, notion: animi: sensus eius de re p.: dissidenti sensūs suos aperire, N.: in his ipsis rebus aliquem sensum habere.— A habit of mind, mode of thinking, notion, taste: volgaris popularisque: haec oratio longe a nostris sensibus abhorrebat.—Esp., with communis, a general mode of thinking, prevailing notion, common insight, common sense: id a consuetudine communis sensūs abhorrere: quae versantur in sensu hominis communi: Communi sensu plane caret, H.: quod in communibus hominum sensibus positum est: ex communibus sensibus ducta oratio, from the usual lines of thought, Ta. — Consciousness, sense, understanding: a mero redeant in pectora sensūs, O.: nisi si timor abstulit omnem Sensum animumque, O.— Sense, idea, meaning, signification: testamenti, Ph.: verba, quibus voces sensūsque notarent, H.: verbi, O.

    surdus adj.    with comp, deaf: si surdus sit, varietates vocum noscere possit?: quam mihi nunc surdo narret fabulam, how deaf I am to his talk, T.: Non canimus surdis, are not preaching to the wind, V.: vana surdis auribus canere, L.: narrare asello Fabellam surdo, H.—Wilfully deaf, not listening, heedless, inattentive, regardless, insensible, inexorable, averse, reluctant: orando surdas iam aurīs reddideras mihi, T.: ad id aures, L.: non surdus iudex: ad mea munera, O.: ad omnia solacia aures, L.: mens, O.: scopulis surdior, H.: Non saxa surdiora navitis, H.—Not understanding, dull, inappreciative: in horum sermone: undae, O.—Unheard, noiseless, silent, still, mute, dumb: bucina, Iu.: Non erit officii gratia surda tui, unsung, O.: quos diri conscia facti mens surdo verbere caedit, secret, Iu.

    trānsigō ēgī, āctus, ere    [trans+ago], to drive through, stab through, pierce through, transfix, transpierce: gladio pectus, Ph.—Fig., to carry through, bring to an end, finish, settle, complete, conclude, perform, accomplish, despatch, transact: illud factum atque transactum est: rebus transactis: quod plerumque non futura sed transacta perpendimus, Cu.: Intus transigetur quod restet, T.: pleraque per se, L.: reliqua cum Bestiā secreta, S.: rixae caede transiguntur, Ta.: sin transactum est, if all is over.—Of a difference or controversy, to settle, come to a settlement, agree, reach an understanding: inter se ut lubet, T.: cum reo: cum privatis non poterat transigi minore pecuniā: ut secum aliquid quā lubet condicione transigeret. —With cum, to make an end of, put an end to, have done with: cum Publilio certamen, L.: cum expeditionibus, Ta.: cum spe votoque uxoris semel transigitur, Ta.—Of time, to bring to an end, lead, pass, spend: tempus per ostentationem, Ta.