adjective

sententĭōsus

fem. sententĭōsa · neut. sententĭōsum

sententia, II. B. 2.

full of meaning; pithy •

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

Full of meaning; suggestively •

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.—

Sententiously •

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

Perseus ID: n43670 Key: sententiosus