_in sententia manere, permanere, perseverare, perstare_—to abide by,
persist in one's opinion.
_illud, hoc teneo_—I abide by this opinion.
_a sententia sua discedere_—to give up one's opinion.
_de sententia sua decedere_—to give up one's opinion.
_(de) sententia desistere_—to give up one's opinion.
_de sententia deici, depelli, deterreri_—to be forced to change one's
mind.
_de sententia aliquem deducere, movere_—to make a man change his
opinion.
_aliquem ad suam sententiam perducere_ or _in suam sententiam
adducere_—to win a man over to one's own way of thinking.
_ad alicuius sententiam accedere, sententiam alicuius sequi_—to adopt
some one's opinion.
_idem sentire_ (opp. _dissentire ab aliquo_)—to hold the same views.
_sententiam suam aperire_[1]—to freely express one's opinions.
_sententiam fronte celare, tegere_—not to betray one's feelings by
one's looks.
_dic quid sentias_[2]—give me your opinion.
_in hac sum sententia, ut...putem_—I think that...
_plura in eam sententiam disputare_—to discuss a subject more fully on
the same lines.
_ut mea fert opinio_—according to my opinion.
_ut mihi quidem videtur_—according to my opinion.
_mea (quidem) sententia_—according to my opinion.
_quot homines, tot sententiae_—many men, many minds.
_opiniones falsas animo imbibere_—to be imbibing false opinions.
_opinionibus falsis imbui_—to be imbibing false opinions.
_opinionis error_—erroneous opinion.
_opinio praeiudicata_, also simply _opinio_ (not _praeiudicium_ = a
preliminary decision)—prejudice.
_opinio confirmata, inveterata_—a rooted opinion.
_opinionum pravitate infici_—to be filled with absurd prejudices.
_opinionum commenta_ (N. D. 2. 2. 5)—chimeras.
_monstra_ or _portenta_—marvellous ideas; prodigies.
_coniectura assequi, consequi, aliquid coniectura colligere_—to
conjecture.
_quantum ego coniectura assequor, auguror_—as far as I can guess.
_coniecturam alicuius rei facere_ or _capere ex aliqua re_—to infer by
comparison, judge one thing by another.
_de se (ex se de aliis) coniecturam facere_—to judge others by oneself.
_aliquid in coniectura positum est_—it is a matter of conjecture,
supposition.
_aliquid coniectura nititur, continetur_ (Div. 1. 14. 24)—it is a
matter of conjecture, supposition.
_probabilia coniectura sequi_—to try to conjecture probabilities.
_aliquid mihi nec opinanti, insperanti accidit_—a thing has happened
contrary to my expectation.
[1] _se aperire_ = to betray oneself; cf. _se indicare_ (Liv. 2. 12).
[2] Not _sententiam dicere_, which is used of senators giving their
vote; cf. _suffragium ferre_.