sententiolis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sententiola, sententiolae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
short sentence, maxim, aphorism;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...refugerunt, credentes facilius poema extrui posse, quam controversiam sententiolis vibrantibus pictam. Ceterum neque generosior spiritus vanitatem amat, neque..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...genus, quod aut verborum licentia exultat aut puerilibus sententiolis lascivit aut inmodico tumore turgescit aut inanibus locis bacchatur..."
