consentio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈsen.ti.oː/, [kõːˈs̠ɛn̪t̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈsen.t͡si.o/, [konˈsɛnt̪͡s̪io]

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

   Conjugation of cōnsentiō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnsentiō		cōnsentīs		cōnsentit		cōnsentīmus		cōnsentītis		cōnsentiunt
	imperfect	cōnsentiēbam		cōnsentiēbās		cōnsentiēbat		cōnsentiēbāmus		cōnsentiēbātis		cōnsentiēbant
	future	cōnsentiam		cōnsentiēs		cōnsentiet		cōnsentiēmus		cōnsentiētis		cōnsentient
	perfect	cōnsēnsī		cōnsēnsistī		cōnsēnsit		cōnsēnsimus		cōnsēnsistis		cōnsēnsērunt, cōnsēnsēre
	pluperfect	cōnsēnseram		cōnsēnserās		cōnsēnserat		cōnsēnserāmus		cōnsēnserātis		cōnsēnserant
	future perfect	cōnsēnserō		cōnsēnseris		cōnsēnserit		cōnsēnserimus		cōnsēnseritis		cōnsēnserint
passive	present	cōnsentior		cōnsentīris, cōnsentīre		cōnsentītur		cōnsentīmur		cōnsentīminī		cōnsentiuntur
	imperfect	cōnsentiēbar		cōnsentiēbāris, cōnsentiēbāre		cōnsentiēbātur		cōnsentiēbāmur		cōnsentiēbāminī		cōnsentiēbantur
	future	cōnsentiar		cōnsentiēris, cōnsentiēre		cōnsentiētur		cōnsentiēmur		cōnsentiēminī		cōnsentientur
	perfect	cōnsēnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnsēnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnsentiam		cōnsentiās		cōnsentiat		cōnsentiāmus		cōnsentiātis		cōnsentiant
	imperfect	cōnsentīrem		cōnsentīrēs		cōnsentīret		cōnsentīrēmus		cōnsentīrētis		cōnsentīrent
	perfect	cōnsēnserim		cōnsēnserīs		cōnsēnserit		cōnsēnserīmus		cōnsēnserītis		cōnsēnserint
	pluperfect	cōnsēnsissem		cōnsēnsissēs		cōnsēnsisset		cōnsēnsissēmus		cōnsēnsissētis		cōnsēnsissent
passive	present	cōnsentiar		cōnsentiāris, cōnsentiāre		cōnsentiātur		cōnsentiāmur		cōnsentiāminī		cōnsentiantur
	imperfect	cōnsentīrer		cōnsentīrēris, cōnsentīrēre		cōnsentīrētur		cōnsentīrēmur		cōnsentīrēminī		cōnsentīrentur
	perfect	cōnsēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnsentī		—		—		cōnsentīte		—
	future	—		cōnsentītō		cōnsentītō		—		cōnsentītōte		cōnsentiuntō
passive	present	—		cōnsentīre		—		—		cōnsentīminī		—
	future	—		cōnsentītor		cōnsentītor		—		—		cōnsentiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnsentīre			cōnsentīrī			cōnsentiēns			—
future		cōnsēnsūrum esse			cōnsēnsum īrī			cōnsēnsūrus			cōnsentiendus, cōnsentiundus
perfect		cōnsēnsisse			cōnsēnsum esse			—			cōnsēnsus
future perfect		—			cōnsēnsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnsēnsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnsentiendī		cōnsentiendō		cōnsentiendum		cōnsentiendō		cōnsēnsum		cōnsēnsū

Derived terms

• cōnsēnsiō
• cōnsēnsus
• cōnsentāneus

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