consentio

Latin

Etymology

From con- (together) and sentiō (sense; perceive; feel).

Pronunciation

Verb

cōnsentiō (present infinitive cōnsentīre, perfect active cōnsēnsī, supine cōnsēnsum); fourth conjugation

  1. to agree, accord, harmonize
    Synonyms: concordō, condīcō, conveniō, assentiō, concurrō, congruō, cōnstō, pangō
    Antonyms: dissideo, dissentio, vario, recuso, discordō, abhorreō
  2. to unite upon
  3. to plot or conspire
  4. to assent to, to consent to do something specific
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Tobiae.3.18:
      virum autem cum timore tuo non libidine mea consensi suscipere
      But a husband I consented to take, with thy fear, not with my lust.
    • Caelius Aurelianus and Mustio, Gynaecia 2.64:
      nec in venerem ruat ita ut mente etiam conpati videatur, set usum sui prebens animo non consentiente misceatur.
      She should not rush into sexual activity in such a way that she still appears to be mentally suffering, and though offering herself, copulates disagreeably

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: consentir
  • English: consent
  • French: consentir
  • Galician: consentir
  • Italian: consentire
  • Portuguese: consentir
  • Romanian: consimți
  • Sicilian: cunzèntiri
  • Spanish: consentir

References

  • consentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • consentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • consentio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to agree with a person: consentire, idem sentire cum aliquo
    • all agree on this point: omnes (uno ore) in hac re consentiunt