Usages of opinio
Opinio matris est bonos magistratus bonum commune, non commodum privatum, quaerere debere.
Mother’s opinion is that good magistrates ought to seek the common good, not private advantage.
Singuli discipuli suam opinionem scribunt, deinde inter se conferunt quid magistra de potestate dicat.
The individual students write their own opinion, then compare among themselves what the teacher says about power.
Cum matri non placeret illa opinio, filia tamen auctoritati magistri confidebat.
Since that opinion did not please the mother, the daughter nevertheless trusted the teacher’s authority.
Humiles quoque cives bonam de re publica opinionem habere possunt, si eos alii audiunt.
Humble citizens too can have a good opinion about the state, if others listen to them.
Magistra dicit se arbitrari senatorem meliorem esse, si opinionem civium et mandata legis simul audiat.
The teacher says that she thinks a senator is better if he listens both to the opinion of the citizens and to the commands of the law.
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