cogitatio

cōgĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [cogito, i. e. co-agito; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 43; Cic. Off. 1, 6, 19; Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 7 Müll.].

I.

Abstr., a thinking, considering, deliberating; thought, reflection, meditation (in good prose, and very freq.).

1.

Absol.:

cogitatio in se ipsā vertitur,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156:

cogitatione aliquid complecti,

Quint. 11, 2, 19:

subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio et cogitatio facile vincit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf. Quint. 10, 6, 1 sq.:

speciem dei percipere cogitatione, non sensu,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 105:

cogitatione aliquid comprehendere,

id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50; 4, 13, 29:

cogitatio enim quamvis regionem potest amplecti,

Auct. Her. 3, 19, 32:

acerrima et attentissima,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

tacita,

Quint. 5, 7, 2; cf. id. 6, 1, 44:

provisa et formata,

id. 10, 7, 8:

fortuita,

id. 10, 3, 29:

male cohaerentem,

id. 10, 6, 6:

simplices, magnas,

Tac. G. 22. —

2.

With gen.:

timoris praeteriti,

Cic. Sest. 4, 11:

cum officii, tum etiam periculi mei,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 1; Curt. 7, 8, 4:

suscepti muneris,

Quint. 4, prooem. 7:

cogitationem habere argenti, amoenitatum, etc.,

Cic. Par. 1, 2, 10:

illius loci,

id. Att. 1, 11, 3:

rerum,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 5:

petendi consulatūs,

Vell. 2, 17, 2.—

3.

With rel.:

quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem,

Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4:

mihi... occurrit cogitatio, qualis animus in corpore sit, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51: cujus sit filius, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 3.—

II.

Meton.

A.

Concr., a thought, opinion, judgment; a resolution, design. plan, project:

omnes meas curas cogitationesque in rem publicam conferebam,

Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2; cf. id. Lael. 9, 32; Liv. 35, 28, 7:

mandare litteris cogitationes suas,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 6:

versantur in animo meo multae et graves cogitationes, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 2, 5; cf. Curt. 8, 3, 14:

tacitae,

Quint. 11, 2, 17; cf. id. 3, 8, 41:

posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse,

Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5 (transl. of Hai deuterai pôs phrontides sophôterai):

ista cogitatio de triumpho,

id. Att. 7, 3, 2:

redit autem illa cogitatio, quosdam fore qui, etc.,

Quint. 1, 7, 33: de his rebus rogo vos, ut cogitationem suscipiatis, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4:

cogitatione rerum novarum abstinere,

Tac. H. 1, 7; cf. id. ib. 1, 23; 2, 74; id. A. 15, 54:

vix a tam praecipiti cogitatione revocatus,

Suet. Calig. 48.—

B.

In Cic. several times, thought as an intellectual power, the ability of thinking, power or faculty of thought, the reasoning power (cf.:

vim cogitationis habere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 27, 66 ):

(homo) solus particeps rationis et cogitationis,

id. Leg. 1, 7, 22; id. N. D. 3, 9, 21; 2, 7, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134.