opinio
See also: opinió
Esperanto
Etymology
From opinii + -o.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [opiˈnio]
- Rhymes: -io
- Hyphenation: o‧pi‧ni‧o
Noun
opinio (accusative singular opinion, plural opinioj, accusative plural opiniojn)
- opinion
Latin
Etymology
From opīnor (“suppose, conjecture, deem”) + -iō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈpiː.ni.oː/, [ɔˈpiːnioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈpi.ni.o/, [oˈpiːnio]
Noun
opīniō f (genitive opīniōnis); third declension
- An opinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief; esteem, reputation or expectation, good or bad, which others have formed of someone.
- A report or rumor.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | opīniō | opīniōnēs |
| Genitive | opīniōnis | opīniōnum |
| Dative | opīniōnī | opīniōnibus |
| Accusative | opīniōnem | opīniōnēs |
| Ablative | opīniōne | opīniōnibus |
| Vocative | opīniō | opīniōnēs |
Synonyms
- (opinion): auctōritās, cōgitātiō, existimātiō, sententia
- (reputation): fāma
- (rumor): fāma
Derived terms
- opīniōsus
- opīniuncula
Related terms
- opīnābilis
- opīnātiō
- opīnātor
- opīnātus
- opīnor
Descendants
- Catalan: opinió
- English: opinion
- French: opinion
- Galician: opinión
- Italian: opinione
- Occitan: opinion
- Piedmontese: opinion
- Polish: opinia
- Portuguese: opinião
- Spanish: opinión
References
- “opinio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “opinio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- opinio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- opinio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have the reputation of virtue: opinionem virtutis habere
- extravagant fictions of fancy: opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta
- according to my opinion: ut mea fert opinio
- to be imbibing false opinions: opiniones falsas animo imbibere
- to be imbibing false opinions: opinionibus falsis imbui
- erroneous opinion: opinionis error
- prejudice: opinio praeiudicata, also simply opinio (not praeiudicium = a preliminary decision)
- a rooted opinion: opinio confirmata, inveterata
- to be filled with absurd prejudices: opinionum pravitate infici
- chimeras: opinionum commenta (N. D. 2. 2. 5)
- to express oneself in popular language: ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)
- belief in god: opinio dei
- to be always considering what people think: multum communi hominum opinioni tribuere
- to have the reputation of virtue: opinionem virtutis habere
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔˈpiɲ.jɔ/
- Rhymes: -iɲjɔ
- Syllabification: o‧pin‧io
Noun
opinio
- vocative singular of opinia
Portuguese
Verb
opinio
- first-person singular present indicative of opiniar