Role in Roman Legion or Army (1 Viewer)

[bradleyl30]

Has anyone heard of a role in the Roman Legion or general army staff role known as a "Sentrient" or similar title? Supposedly, this is the person who would decide how a legion or army of legions would array the troops for battle.

Back story: I work for a company called Sentrana and in a meeting yesterday the founder was asked where the name originated. He stated he named it after the role referenced above. I have never heard of this role and the famed "Google Machine" has not helped either.

I figured some of the august members of this forum might know.

Any thoughts, hints or explanations?

 

[larso]

There's nothing in my 'Greece and Rome at War' by Peter Connolly. I'm reasonably well read on the Roman army and I can't recall the term?

 

[Larry Allen]

Hello bradleyl30,

Just a guess but when I asked my neighbor (an Ancient History teacher at a near by College); his only thought was that it might have been a misquote on the word "sentient" .... Which Means:

1. Marked by comprehension, cognizance, and perception:

2. Able to receive and respond to external stimuli:

3. Knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts.

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Now given the above definition then a ..... Roman Legion or general army staff role known as a "Sentrient" or similar title? Supposedly, this is the person who would decide how a legion or army of legions would array the troops for battle. ..... it might make sense that the word Sentrient is really => Sentient .... :rolleyes2: ^&confuse

--- LaRRY

 

[theBaron]

I've never heard of a rank called "sentrient", either, though it sounds a lot like a corruption of "centurion". Larry's theory is a good one, too, that "sentient" (in its original Latin form) may have been an honorific.

A quick DuckDuckGo search on keywords, "roman army ranks in legions" included this site:

http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/roman-army/roman-army-ranks.htm

The list that that site shows has nothing close to "sentrient", unless, again, we allow for the phonetic similarity, in English, between "sentrient" and "centurion". Your company's founder's name wouldn't happen to be Terrence Aloysius Mahoney, would it?

As a side question, to those of you who learned Latin (especially you Catholic school inmates), isn't the Latin pronunciation of "centurio" with a hard C--"kenturio", not with the soft C or S-sound we use in English? My Latin is very limited, and it's also influenced by the way the Germans teach and pronounce it, which I suspect is closer to the original, than the way we English-speakers learn it.

Prost!
Brad

 

[pugio]

I've never heard of a rank called "sentrient", either, though it sounds a lot like a corruption of "centurion". Larry's theory is a good one, too, that "sentient" (in its original Latin form) may have been an honorific.

A quick DuckDuckGo search on keywords, "roman army ranks in legions" included this site:

http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/roman-army/roman-army-ranks.htm

The list that that site shows has nothing close to "sentrient", unless, again, we allow for the phonetic similarity, in English, between "sentrient" and "centurion". Your company's founder's name wouldn't happen to be Terrence Aloysius Mahoney, would it?

As a side question, to those of you who learned Latin (especially you Catholic school inmates), isn't the Latin pronunciation of "centurio" with a hard C--"kenturio", not with the soft C or S-sound we use in English? My Latin is very limited, and it's also influenced by the way the Germans teach and pronounce it, which I suspect is closer to the original, than the way we English-speakers learn it.

Prost!
Brad

Fell off my chair, laughing so hard my dogs ran up stairs to see if I was alright.... Terrence Aloysius Mahoney

 

[theBaron]

Fell off my chair, laughing so hard my dogs ran up stairs to see if I was alright.... Terrence Aloysius Mahoney

I was wondering if anyone would get it. Otherwise we'd have to ask Satch and Louie

 

[Mirof]

The nearest known expression I found in latin based on the words "sentio, sentire, sensi, sensum" same roots, is by Ceasar :
" .. plus sentire de victoria .. " .. have a beter understanding of the way to win

sentient is a french word derivated of the latin sentire, the meaning is well decribed by our friend in this post
it's the pure defintion a human who is : ... a sentient been ...

centurion ( at least in french school ) is pronounced with a s..... [sentyˈɾju]

IMO:smile2:

 

[pugio]

I was wondering if anyone would get it. Otherwise we'd have to ask Satch and Louie

Many different titles to the series, but I remember sitting with my friends, first on Saturday mornings and then on Sunday mornings. An interesting thing about the series, was every core group of friends had a Mahoney, a Satch, etc. Also, not many people knew that Louie was Mahoney's father in real life.....

 

[Martin Tabony]

Brad, that name has been bugging me since you mentioned it. I was sure I new the name so, I did a google search but didn't recognise the character or the series described. Then it hit me PATRICK Aloyusius Mahoney is the policeman on the jury, in "A Matter of Life and Death" starring David Niven! I believe it was released in America as "Stairway to Heaven"

Martin

 

[johnnybach]

Might be a corruption of the obsolete "Sentrinel" - a variant of "Sentinel" - which has nowadays become "Sentry"? jb