sententiola

Latin

Etymology

From sententia (“opinion, thought, feeling”) +‎ -ola (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /sen.tenˈti.o.la/, [s̠ɛn̪t̪ɛn̪ˈt̪iɔɫ̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sen.tenˈt͡si.o.la/, [sen̪t̪enˈt̪͡s̪iːolä]

Noun

sententiola f (genitive sententiolae); first declension

a short or little sentence, maxim, or aphorism

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sententiola	sententiolae
Genitive	sententiolae	sententiolārum
Dative	sententiolae	sententiolīs
Accusative	sententiolam	sententiolās
Ablative	sententiolā	sententiolīs
Vocative	sententiola	sententiolae

References

“sententiola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sententiola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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