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|lshtext=<b>consŭlo</b>: lŭi, ltum, 3, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a. from con and [[root]] sal-; cf. [[consul]] and [[consilium]].<br /><b>I</b> To [[consider]], [[reflect]], [[deliberate]], [[take]] [[counsel]], [[reflect]] [[upon]], [[consult]].<br /> <b>A</b> Neutr.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen.<br /> <b>(a)</b> Absol.: [[quid]] [[nunc]]? [[etiam]] consulis? do [[you]] [[still]] [[deliberate]], i. e. [[hesitate]]? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 171; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 75 Speng.: ne [[quid]] in consulendo adversi eveniat, [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14: [[consulto]] [[opus]] est, [[there]] is [[need]] of [[deliberation]], Sall. C. 1, 6: dum [[tempus]] consulendi est, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 19: [[satis]] facere consulentibus, Cic. Or. 42, 143: ut omnium rerum [[vobis]] ad consulendum [[potestas]] esset, Liv. 8, 13, 18: ut tot uno tempore motibus animi turbati trepidarent [[magis]] [[quam]] consulerent, id. 21, 16, 2: [[praesidium]] consulenti curiae, Hor. C. 2, 1, 14 et saep.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With in and acc.: consulere in longitudinem, to [[take]] [[thought]] for the [[future]], Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10: in [[commune]], for the [[common]] [[good]], id. And. 3, 3, 16; Liv. 32, 21, 1; Tac. A. 12, 5; id. Agr. 12; Curt. 5, 9, 14; and in the [[same]] [[sense]]: in [[medium]], Verg. A. 11, 335; Liv. 24, 22, 15; Tac. H. 2, 5; Luc. 5, 46: in unum, Tac. H. 1, 68; 4, 70: in publicum (opp. suscipere proprias simultates), Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Tac. A. 1, 24.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With de and abl.: [[bello]] confecto de Rhodiis [[consultum]] est, Sall. C. 51, 5; so, de communibus negotiis, id. J. 105, 1: de [[salute]] suorum, Cic. Sull. 22, 63: omnibus de rebus, Tac. A. 4, 40.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With ut or ne: consulere vivi ac prospicere debemus, ut illorum (liberorum) [[solitudo]] munita [[sit]], Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153: tu ne [[qua]] [[manus]] se attollere nobis A [[tergo]] possit, custodi et consule [[longe]], Verg. A. 9, 322.—Impers.: ut urbi ... [[satis]] esset praesidii, [[consultum]] [[atque]] provisum est, Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26: ne deficerent, consulendum esse, Cels. 3, 4, 31.—<br /> <b>2</b> Esp., consulere alicui or alicui rei, to [[take]] [[care]] for [[some]] [[person]] or [[thing]], to be [[mindful]] of, [[take]] [[care]] of, [[look]] to, [[have]] [[regard]] for, to [[counsel]] or [[consult]] for: tuae rei [[bene]] consulere [[cupio]], Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 9: [[quid]] me fiat, parvi pendis, dum [[illi]] consulas, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 37: qui parti civium consulunt, partem neglegunt, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: consulere eorum commodis et utilitati salutique servire, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; so, famae, pudicitiae tuae, id. Phil. 2, 2, 3: dignitati meae, id. Fam. 11, 29, 1: suae vitae, Caes. B. G. 7, 12: receptui sibi, id. B. C. 3, 69: reipublicae juxta ac sibi, Sall. C. 37, 8; id. J. 58, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 1: timori [[magis]] [[quam]] religioni, Caes. B. C. 1, 67; cf.: [[magis]] irae [[quam]] famae, Sall. C. 51, 7: qui mi [[consultum]] [[optime]] velit esse, Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1: mi ires [[consultum]] [[male]]? to [[counsel]] [[evil]] or [[badly]], Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 36; so, [[male]] patriae, Nep. Epam. 10, 1; id. Phoc. 2, 2.—With si: [[melius]] consulet (sibi), si, etc., Cels. 1, 3, 55.—<br /> <b>B</b> Act.<br /> <b>1</b> Consulere aliquem (or aliquid), to [[consult]] [[with]] one, to [[ask]] his [[opinion]] or [[advice]], to [[ask]] [[counsel]] of, to [[consult]], [[question]] (for the [[sake]] of [[advice]]).<br /> <b>a</b> In gen.: cum te consuluissem, [[quid]] mihi faciendum esse censeres, Cic. Fam. 11, 29, 1: te, qui philosophum audis, id. ib. 9, 26, 1: Apellem tragoedum, [[uter]], etc., Suet. Calig. 33 al.—Of inanim. objects: [[speculum]] suum, Ov. A. A. 3, 136; cf.: spectatas undas, [[quid]] se deceat, id. M. 4, 312: [[nares]], an olerent [[aera]] Corinthōn, Mart. 9, 60, 11: diem de gemmis, etc., Ov. A. A. 1, 251 sq.: animum [[nostrum]], Quint. 4, 2, 52: aures meas, id. 9, 4, 93: suas [[vires]], id. 10, 2, 18 al.—With [[two]] accs.: ibo et consulam hanc rem amicos, [[quid]] faciundum censeant, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 26: nec te id [[consulo]], Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2: consulere prudentiorem [[coepi]] aetates tabularum, Petr. 88.—Freq.,<br /> <b>b</b> Esp. as t. t.<br /> <b>(a)</b> In the lang. of [[religion]], to [[consult]] a [[deity]], an [[oracle]], omens, etc.: Apollinem de re, Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40: deum consuluit auguriis, quae suscipienda essent, Liv. 1, 20, 7: deos hominum fibris, Tac. A. 14, 30 fin.: Phoebi oracula, Ov. M. 3, 9; Suet. Vesp. 5: Tiresiam conjectorem, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76: haruspicem, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11; Suet. Tib. 63; [[Cato]], R. R. 5, 4: [[vates]] [[nunc]] extis, [[nunc]] per aves, Liv. 2, 42, 10: Cumaeam anum, Ov. F. 4, 158: avem [[primum]] visam [[augur]], id. ib. 1, 180: spirantia [[exta]], Verg. A. 4, 64; so, trepidantia [[exta]], Ov. M. 15, 576: sacras sortes, id. ib. 11, 412: Etrusci haruspices [[male]] consulentes, Gell. 4, 5, 5.—Pass. impers.: si [[publice]] consuletur ... [[sin]] [[privatim]], Tac. G. 10. —With [[dependent]] [[question]]: [[senatus]] pontificum [[collegium]] consuli jussit, num omne id [[aurum]] in ludos consumi [[necessum]] esset, Liv. 39, 5, 9: consulti per [[ludibrium]] pontifices, an [[concepto]] [[necdum]] edito partu [[rite]] nuberet, Tac. A. 1, 10.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> In judic. lang., to [[ask]] [[advice]] of a [[lawyer]], to [[consult]], etc.: [[quam]] inanes [[domus]] eorum omnium, qui de jure civili consuli solent, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120: consuli [[quidem]] te a Caesare scribis: sed ego [[tibi]] ab [[illo]] consuli mallem, id. Fam. 7, 11, 2: si jus consuleres, peritissimus, Liv. 39, 40, 6: [[munus]] hoc eorum qui consuluntur, i. e. [[who]] are [[skilled]] in the [[law]], Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14; so id. Quint. 16, 53.— With [[dependent]] [[question]]: consulens eum, an [[seni]] jam [[testato]] suaderet ordinare suprema judicia, Quint. 6, 3, 92.—The [[formula]] [[usual]] in [[asking]] [[advice]] [[was]], [[licet]] consulere? Cic. Mur. 13, 28; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 192.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> In publicists' lang., to [[take]] [[counsel]] [[with]] the [[competent]] authorities, to [[consult]]: [[Quirites]], [[utrum]], etc., Liv. 31, 7, 2; so, senatum, Sall. J. 28, 2: senatum de foedere, id. ib. 39, 2; 62, 10: populum de ejus morte, Cic. Mil. 7, 16: plebem in omnia (tribuni), Liv. 6, 39, 2 al.—<br /> <b>2</b> Aliquid.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[take]] [[counsel]] or [[deliberate]] [[upon]] [[something]], to [[consider]]: est consulere quiddam [[quod]] [[tecum]] [[volo]], Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 53; id. Pers. 5, 2, 63: rem delatam consulere ordine non licuit, Liv. 2, 28, 2; so, consulere et explorare rem, Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4: consulis rem nulli obscuram, Verg. A. 11, 344 al.: bis repulsi [[Galli]] [[quid]] agant consulunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 83.—<br /> <b>b</b> To [[advise]] [[something]], to [[give]] [[advice]]: [[tun]]']] consulis [[quicquam]]? Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 22.—Absol.: ab re consulit [[blandiloquentulus]], advises to his [[hurt]], Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 17.<br /><b>II</b> Sometimes meton. ([[causa]] pro effectu).<br /> <b>A</b> To [[take]] a [[resolution]], [[resolve]], [[conclude]], [[determine]].<br /> <b>1</b> Neutr.; constr. absol. or [[with]] de [[aliquo]] or in aliquem: de nullis [[quam]] de [[vobis]] infestius aut inimicius consuluerunt, Liv. 28, 29, 8; so, de perfugis gravius [[quam]] de fugitivis, id. 30, 43, 13: in humiliores [[libidinose]] crudeliterque consulebatur, id. 3, 36, 7; so, [[crudeliter]] in deditos victosque, id. 8, 13, 15; cf. Tac. Agr. 16. —<br /> <b>2</b> Act.: [[quid]] in [[concilio]] consuluistis? Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 6: animum ego inducam [[tamen]], ut illud, [[quod]] tuam in rem [[bene]] conducat, consulam, id. Cist. 3, 4: ne [[quid]] gravius de [[salute]] tuā consulas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1: [[pessime]] [[istuc]] in te [[atque]] in illum consulis, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 28: quae reges irā inpulsi [[male]] consuluerint, Sall. C. 51, 4: [[nisi]] [[quod]] de uxore potuit honestius consuli, id. J. 95, 3.—Pass. impers.: [[aliter]] mihi de illis ac de me ipso consulendum est, Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3.—<br /> <b>B</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of judging, in the [[connection]] boni, optimi aliquid consulere, to [[excuse]], [[take]] in [[good]] [[part]], [[interpret]] favorably; be [[contented]], [[pleased]], or [[satisfied]] [[with]]: [[sit]] [[consul]] a consulendo vel a judicando: nam et hoc consulere veteres vocaverunt, [[unde]] [[adhuc]] remanet illud Rogat boni consulas, id est [[bonum]] judices, Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 41, 8 Müll.: [[nemo]] hoc rex [[ausus]] est facere, eane fieri bonis, bono genere gnatis boni consulitis? [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: boni consulendum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 40 Müll.: tu haec [[quaeso]] consule [[missa]] boni, Ov. P. 3, 8, 24; cf. id. Tr. 4, 1, 106; so, [[nostrum]] laborem, Quint. 6, prooem. § 16; Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 3: hoc [[munus]], Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 8; id. Prov. 2, 4; id. Ep. 9, 20; 17, 9; 88, 17: quaerebat [[argentum]] [[avaritia]]: boni consuluit [[interim]] invenisse [[minium]], Plin. 33, prooem. 2, § 4; 8, 16, 17, § 44: boni et optimi consulere, App. M. 8, p. 205, 28.— Hence,<br /> <b>1</b> [[consultus]], a, um, P. a.<br /> <b>A</b> Well considered or weighed, deliberated [[upon]], maturely pondered: [[bene]] [[consultum]] [[consilium]] surripitur saepissume, si [[minus]], etc., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 5 sq.: ipsi omnia, quorum [[negotium]] est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: [[neque]] eam [[usquam]] [[invenio]], [[neque]] quo eam, [[neque]] quā quaeram [[consultum]]'st, I [[know]] [[neither]], etc., Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 6: operā consultā, [[with]] [[mature]] [[reflection]], Gell. 7 (6), 17, 3; in the [[same]] [[sense]], [[consulto]] consilio, Paul. Sent. 1, 9, 6: consultius est huic poenalem [[quoque]] stipulationem subjungere, it is [[better]]. [[more]] [[advantageous]], Dig. 2, 15, 15.—<br /> <b>B</b> (Acc. to I. B. 1.) Knowing, [[skilful]], experienced, [[practised]], esp. in [[law]]; [[skilled]] or [[learned]] in the [[law]]: non [[ille]] [[magis]] juris [[consultus]] [[quam]] justitiae fuit, Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 10: juris [[atque]] eloquentiae, Liv. 10, 22, 7: consultissimus vir [[omnis]] divini [[atque]] humani juris, id. 1, 18, 1; cf. Gell. 1, 13, 10: insanientis sapientiae, Hor. C. 1, 34, 3: universae disciplinae, Col. 11, 1, 12.—Hence, subst.: [[consultus]], i, m., a [[lawyer]]: tu [[consultus]] [[modo]] [[rusticus]], Hor. S. 1, 1, 17; id. Ep 2, 2, 87; 2, 2, 159; Ov. A. A. 1, 83.— Esp. [[with]] juris, [[often]] written as one [[word]], jūrisconsultus, i, m., v. h. v.—Absol.: ut [[natura]] non disciplinā [[consultus]] esse videatur, Cic. Caecin. 27, 78: consultorum alterum disertissimum, disertorum alterum consultissimum fuisse, id. Brut. 40, 148: consultiores sibimet videntur Deo, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2.—<br /> <b>2</b> Subst.: [[consultum]], i, n.<br /> <b>A</b> (Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) A [[consultation]], [[inquiry]] of a [[deity]]: [[Sostratus]] ([[sacerdos]]) ubi [[laeta]] et [[congruentia]] [[exta]] magnisque consultis annuere deam videt, etc., Tac. H. 2, 4.—<br /> <b>B</b> (Acc. to II.) A [[decree]], [[decision]], [[resolution]], [[plan]]; so [[first]], Senatus [[consultum]], or in one [[word]], Senatusconsul-tum, a [[decree]] of the Senate ([[most]] freq. in all periods; the [[senatus]] consulta were not, [[like]] the plebiscita, the [[supreme]] [[law]] of the [[republic]]; [[but]] under the emperors, all [[new]] laws took this form, v. esp. Sandars, Introd., Just. Inst. § 15; 1, 2, 5), Sall. C. 42, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149: [[senatus]] [[consultum]] est [[quod]] [[senatus]] jubet [[atque]] constituit, nam cum [[auctus]] esset [[populus]] Romanus ... aequum [[visum]] est senatum [[vice]] populi consuli, Just. Inst. 1, 2, 5; for [[which]], consulta Patrum, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 41. —Of a [[decree]] of the Sicilian [[council]]: ne [[senatus]] [[consultum]] [[Siculi]] homines facere possent, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 146.—Also in [[other]] connections: facta et consulta fortium et sapientium, Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62; cf.: facta consultaque Alexandri, Sall. H. 3, 7 Dietsch: consulta et decreta, id. J. 11, 5: consulta [[sese]] omnia cum [[illo]] integra habere, all objects of [[consultation]], plans, id. ib. 108, 2; cf.: ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque, plans, Liv. 25, 16, 4; and: approbare collegam consulta, id. 10, 39, 10: dum consulta petis, responses, oracles, divinations, Verg. A. 6, 151: tua magna, decisions, id. ib. 11, 410; so, mollia, Tac. A. 1, 40: [[mala]], id. ib. 6, 6: ex [[consulto]] [[factum]], [[purposely]], [[voluntarily]], Auct. Her. 2, 30, 49.—Hence, adv., [[considerately]], [[deliberately]], [[designedly]], on [[purpose]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> Form consultō ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): [[utrum]] perturbatione aliquā animi an [[consulto]] et [[cogitata]] fiat injuria, Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27; Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 43; Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 85; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 37; Sall. J. 60, 5; 64, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 19; Tac. A. 4, 16; Suet. Caes. 56; * Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 al. —<br /> <b>(b)</b> Form consultē ([[mostly]] [[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): qui [[consulte]], [[docte]] [[atque]] [[astute]] cavet, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14: [[caute]] [[atque]] [[consulte]] [[gesta]], Liv. 22, 38, 11; Spart. Had. 2.—Comp., Liv. 22, 24, 3; Tac. H. 2, 24. —Sup., [[Capitol]]. Pert. 7. | |lshtext=<b>consŭlo</b>: lŭi, ltum, 3, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a. from con and [[root]] sal-; cf. [[consul]] and [[consilium]].<br /><b>I</b> To [[consider]], [[reflect]], [[deliberate]], [[take]] [[counsel]], [[reflect]] [[upon]], [[consult]].<br /> <b>A</b> Neutr.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen.<br /> <b>(a)</b> Absol.: [[quid]] [[nunc]]? [[etiam]] consulis? do [[you]] [[still]] [[deliberate]], i. e. [[hesitate]]? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 171; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 75 Speng.: ne [[quid]] in consulendo adversi eveniat, [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14: [[consulto]] [[opus]] est, [[there]] is [[need]] of [[deliberation]], Sall. C. 1, 6: dum [[tempus]] consulendi est, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 19: [[satis]] facere consulentibus, Cic. Or. 42, 143: ut omnium rerum [[vobis]] ad consulendum [[potestas]] esset, Liv. 8, 13, 18: ut tot uno tempore motibus animi turbati trepidarent [[magis]] [[quam]] consulerent, id. 21, 16, 2: [[praesidium]] consulenti curiae, Hor. C. 2, 1, 14 et saep.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With in and acc.: consulere in longitudinem, to [[take]] [[thought]] for the [[future]], Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10: in [[commune]], for the [[common]] [[good]], id. And. 3, 3, 16; Liv. 32, 21, 1; Tac. A. 12, 5; id. Agr. 12; Curt. 5, 9, 14; and in the [[same]] [[sense]]: in [[medium]], Verg. A. 11, 335; Liv. 24, 22, 15; Tac. H. 2, 5; Luc. 5, 46: in unum, Tac. H. 1, 68; 4, 70: in publicum (opp. suscipere proprias simultates), Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Tac. A. 1, 24.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With de and abl.: [[bello]] confecto de Rhodiis [[consultum]] est, Sall. C. 51, 5; so, de communibus negotiis, id. J. 105, 1: de [[salute]] suorum, Cic. Sull. 22, 63: omnibus de rebus, Tac. A. 4, 40.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With ut or ne: consulere vivi ac prospicere debemus, ut illorum (liberorum) [[solitudo]] munita [[sit]], Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153: tu ne [[qua]] [[manus]] se attollere nobis A [[tergo]] possit, custodi et consule [[longe]], Verg. A. 9, 322.—Impers.: ut urbi ... [[satis]] esset praesidii, [[consultum]] [[atque]] provisum est, Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26: ne deficerent, consulendum esse, Cels. 3, 4, 31.—<br /> <b>2</b> Esp., consulere alicui or alicui rei, to [[take]] [[care]] for [[some]] [[person]] or [[thing]], to be [[mindful]] of, [[take]] [[care]] of, [[look]] to, [[have]] [[regard]] for, to [[counsel]] or [[consult]] for: tuae rei [[bene]] consulere [[cupio]], Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 9: [[quid]] me fiat, parvi pendis, dum [[illi]] consulas, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 37: qui parti civium consulunt, partem neglegunt, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: consulere eorum commodis et utilitati salutique servire, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; so, famae, pudicitiae tuae, id. Phil. 2, 2, 3: dignitati meae, id. Fam. 11, 29, 1: suae vitae, Caes. B. G. 7, 12: receptui sibi, id. B. C. 3, 69: reipublicae juxta ac sibi, Sall. C. 37, 8; id. J. 58, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 1: timori [[magis]] [[quam]] religioni, Caes. B. C. 1, 67; cf.: [[magis]] irae [[quam]] famae, Sall. C. 51, 7: qui mi [[consultum]] [[optime]] velit esse, Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1: mi ires [[consultum]] [[male]]? to [[counsel]] [[evil]] or [[badly]], Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 36; so, [[male]] patriae, Nep. Epam. 10, 1; id. Phoc. 2, 2.—With si: [[melius]] consulet (sibi), si, etc., Cels. 1, 3, 55.—<br /> <b>B</b> Act.<br /> <b>1</b> Consulere aliquem (or aliquid), to [[consult]] [[with]] one, to [[ask]] his [[opinion]] or [[advice]], to [[ask]] [[counsel]] of, to [[consult]], [[question]] (for the [[sake]] of [[advice]]).<br /> <b>a</b> In gen.: cum te consuluissem, [[quid]] mihi faciendum esse censeres, Cic. Fam. 11, 29, 1: te, qui philosophum audis, id. ib. 9, 26, 1: Apellem tragoedum, [[uter]], etc., Suet. Calig. 33 al.—Of inanim. objects: [[speculum]] suum, Ov. A. A. 3, 136; cf.: spectatas undas, [[quid]] se deceat, id. M. 4, 312: [[nares]], an olerent [[aera]] Corinthōn, Mart. 9, 60, 11: diem de gemmis, etc., Ov. A. A. 1, 251 sq.: animum [[nostrum]], Quint. 4, 2, 52: aures meas, id. 9, 4, 93: suas [[vires]], id. 10, 2, 18 al.—With [[two]] accs.: ibo et consulam hanc rem amicos, [[quid]] faciundum censeant, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 26: nec te id [[consulo]], Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2: consulere prudentiorem [[coepi]] aetates tabularum, Petr. 88.—Freq.,<br /> <b>b</b> Esp. as t. t.<br /> <b>(a)</b> In the lang. of [[religion]], to [[consult]] a [[deity]], an [[oracle]], omens, etc.: Apollinem de re, Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40: deum consuluit auguriis, quae suscipienda essent, Liv. 1, 20, 7: deos hominum fibris, Tac. A. 14, 30 fin.: Phoebi oracula, Ov. M. 3, 9; Suet. Vesp. 5: Tiresiam conjectorem, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76: haruspicem, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11; Suet. Tib. 63; [[Cato]], R. R. 5, 4: [[vates]] [[nunc]] extis, [[nunc]] per aves, Liv. 2, 42, 10: Cumaeam anum, Ov. F. 4, 158: avem [[primum]] visam [[augur]], id. ib. 1, 180: spirantia [[exta]], Verg. A. 4, 64; so, trepidantia [[exta]], Ov. M. 15, 576: sacras sortes, id. ib. 11, 412: Etrusci haruspices [[male]] consulentes, Gell. 4, 5, 5.—Pass. impers.: si [[publice]] consuletur ... [[sin]] [[privatim]], Tac. G. 10. —With [[dependent]] [[question]]: [[senatus]] pontificum [[collegium]] consuli jussit, num omne id [[aurum]] in ludos consumi [[necessum]] esset, Liv. 39, 5, 9: consulti per [[ludibrium]] pontifices, an [[concepto]] [[necdum]] edito partu [[rite]] nuberet, Tac. A. 1, 10.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> In judic. lang., to [[ask]] [[advice]] of a [[lawyer]], to [[consult]], etc.: [[quam]] inanes [[domus]] eorum omnium, qui de jure civili consuli solent, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120: consuli [[quidem]] te a Caesare scribis: sed ego [[tibi]] ab [[illo]] consuli mallem, id. Fam. 7, 11, 2: si jus consuleres, peritissimus, Liv. 39, 40, 6: [[munus]] hoc eorum qui consuluntur, i. e. [[who]] are [[skilled]] in the [[law]], Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14; so id. Quint. 16, 53.— With [[dependent]] [[question]]: consulens eum, an [[seni]] jam [[testato]] suaderet ordinare suprema judicia, Quint. 6, 3, 92.—The [[formula]] [[usual]] in [[asking]] [[advice]] [[was]], [[licet]] consulere? Cic. Mur. 13, 28; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 192.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> In publicists' lang., to [[take]] [[counsel]] [[with]] the [[competent]] authorities, to [[consult]]: [[Quirites]], [[utrum]], etc., Liv. 31, 7, 2; so, senatum, Sall. J. 28, 2: senatum de foedere, id. ib. 39, 2; 62, 10: populum de ejus morte, Cic. Mil. 7, 16: plebem in omnia (tribuni), Liv. 6, 39, 2 al.—<br /> <b>2</b> Aliquid.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[take]] [[counsel]] or [[deliberate]] [[upon]] [[something]], to [[consider]]: est consulere quiddam [[quod]] [[tecum]] [[volo]], Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 53; id. Pers. 5, 2, 63: rem delatam consulere ordine non licuit, Liv. 2, 28, 2; so, consulere et explorare rem, Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4: consulis rem nulli obscuram, Verg. A. 11, 344 al.: bis repulsi [[Galli]] [[quid]] agant consulunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 83.—<br /> <b>b</b> To [[advise]] [[something]], to [[give]] [[advice]]: [[tun]]']] consulis [[quicquam]]? Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 22.—Absol.: ab re consulit [[blandiloquentulus]], advises to his [[hurt]], Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 17.<br /><b>II</b> Sometimes meton. ([[causa]] pro effectu).<br /> <b>A</b> To [[take]] a [[resolution]], [[resolve]], [[conclude]], [[determine]].<br /> <b>1</b> Neutr.; constr. absol. or [[with]] de [[aliquo]] or in aliquem: de nullis [[quam]] de [[vobis]] infestius aut inimicius consuluerunt, Liv. 28, 29, 8; so, de perfugis gravius [[quam]] de fugitivis, id. 30, 43, 13: in humiliores [[libidinose]] crudeliterque consulebatur, id. 3, 36, 7; so, [[crudeliter]] in deditos victosque, id. 8, 13, 15; cf. Tac. Agr. 16. —<br /> <b>2</b> Act.: [[quid]] in [[concilio]] consuluistis? Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 6: animum ego inducam [[tamen]], ut illud, [[quod]] tuam in rem [[bene]] conducat, consulam, id. Cist. 3, 4: ne [[quid]] gravius de [[salute]] tuā consulas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1: [[pessime]] [[istuc]] in te [[atque]] in illum consulis, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 28: quae reges irā inpulsi [[male]] consuluerint, Sall. C. 51, 4: [[nisi]] [[quod]] de uxore potuit honestius consuli, id. J. 95, 3.—Pass. impers.: [[aliter]] mihi de illis ac de me ipso consulendum est, Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3.—<br /> <b>B</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of judging, in the [[connection]] boni, optimi aliquid consulere, to [[excuse]], [[take]] in [[good]] [[part]], [[interpret]] favorably; be [[contented]], [[pleased]], or [[satisfied]] [[with]]: [[sit]] [[consul]] a consulendo vel a judicando: nam et hoc consulere veteres vocaverunt, [[unde]] [[adhuc]] remanet illud Rogat boni consulas, id est [[bonum]] judices, Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 41, 8 Müll.: [[nemo]] hoc rex [[ausus]] est facere, eane fieri bonis, bono genere gnatis boni consulitis? [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: boni consulendum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 40 Müll.: tu haec [[quaeso]] consule [[missa]] boni, Ov. P. 3, 8, 24; cf. id. Tr. 4, 1, 106; so, [[nostrum]] laborem, Quint. 6, prooem. § 16; Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 3: hoc [[munus]], Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 8; id. Prov. 2, 4; id. Ep. 9, 20; 17, 9; 88, 17: quaerebat [[argentum]] [[avaritia]]: boni consuluit [[interim]] invenisse [[minium]], Plin. 33, prooem. 2, § 4; 8, 16, 17, § 44: boni et optimi consulere, App. M. 8, p. 205, 28.— Hence,<br /> <b>1</b> [[consultus]], a, um, P. a.<br /> <b>A</b> Well considered or weighed, deliberated [[upon]], maturely pondered: [[bene]] [[consultum]] [[consilium]] surripitur saepissume, si [[minus]], etc., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 5 sq.: ipsi omnia, quorum [[negotium]] est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: [[neque]] eam [[usquam]] [[invenio]], [[neque]] quo eam, [[neque]] quā quaeram [[consultum]]'st, I [[know]] [[neither]], etc., Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 6: operā consultā, [[with]] [[mature]] [[reflection]], Gell. 7 (6), 17, 3; in the [[same]] [[sense]], [[consulto]] consilio, Paul. Sent. 1, 9, 6: consultius est huic poenalem [[quoque]] stipulationem subjungere, it is [[better]]. [[more]] [[advantageous]], Dig. 2, 15, 15.—<br /> <b>B</b> (Acc. to I. B. 1.) Knowing, [[skilful]], experienced, [[practised]], esp. in [[law]]; [[skilled]] or [[learned]] in the [[law]]: non [[ille]] [[magis]] juris [[consultus]] [[quam]] justitiae fuit, Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 10: juris [[atque]] eloquentiae, Liv. 10, 22, 7: consultissimus vir [[omnis]] divini [[atque]] humani juris, id. 1, 18, 1; cf. Gell. 1, 13, 10: insanientis sapientiae, Hor. C. 1, 34, 3: universae disciplinae, Col. 11, 1, 12.—Hence, subst.: [[consultus]], i, m., a [[lawyer]]: tu [[consultus]] [[modo]] [[rusticus]], Hor. S. 1, 1, 17; id. Ep 2, 2, 87; 2, 2, 159; Ov. A. A. 1, 83.— Esp. [[with]] juris, [[often]] written as one [[word]], jūrisconsultus, i, m., v. h. v.—Absol.: ut [[natura]] non disciplinā [[consultus]] esse videatur, Cic. Caecin. 27, 78: consultorum alterum disertissimum, disertorum alterum consultissimum fuisse, id. Brut. 40, 148: consultiores sibimet videntur Deo, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2.—<br /> <b>2</b> Subst.: [[consultum]], i, n.<br /> <b>A</b> (Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) A [[consultation]], [[inquiry]] of a [[deity]]: [[Sostratus]] ([[sacerdos]]) ubi [[laeta]] et [[congruentia]] [[exta]] magnisque consultis annuere deam videt, etc., Tac. H. 2, 4.—<br /> <b>B</b> (Acc. to II.) A [[decree]], [[decision]], [[resolution]], [[plan]]; so [[first]], Senatus [[consultum]], or in one [[word]], Senatusconsul-tum, a [[decree]] of the Senate ([[most]] freq. in all periods; the [[senatus]] consulta were not, [[like]] the plebiscita, the [[supreme]] [[law]] of the [[republic]]; [[but]] under the emperors, all [[new]] laws took this form, v. esp. Sandars, Introd., Just. Inst. § 15; 1, 2, 5), Sall. C. 42, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149: [[senatus]] [[consultum]] est [[quod]] [[senatus]] jubet [[atque]] constituit, nam cum [[auctus]] esset [[populus]] Romanus ... aequum [[visum]] est senatum [[vice]] populi consuli, Just. Inst. 1, 2, 5; for [[which]], consulta Patrum, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 41. —Of a [[decree]] of the Sicilian [[council]]: ne [[senatus]] [[consultum]] [[Siculi]] homines facere possent, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 146.—Also in [[other]] connections: facta et consulta fortium et sapientium, Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62; cf.: facta consultaque Alexandri, Sall. H. 3, 7 Dietsch: consulta et decreta, id. J. 11, 5: consulta [[sese]] omnia cum [[illo]] integra habere, all objects of [[consultation]], plans, id. ib. 108, 2; cf.: ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque, plans, Liv. 25, 16, 4; and: approbare collegam consulta, id. 10, 39, 10: dum consulta petis, responses, oracles, divinations, Verg. A. 6, 151: tua magna, decisions, id. ib. 11, 410; so, mollia, Tac. A. 1, 40: [[mala]], id. ib. 6, 6: ex [[consulto]] [[factum]], [[purposely]], [[voluntarily]], Auct. Her. 2, 30, 49.—Hence, adv., [[considerately]], [[deliberately]], [[designedly]], on [[purpose]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> Form consultō ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): [[utrum]] perturbatione aliquā animi an [[consulto]] et [[cogitata]] fiat injuria, Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27; Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 43; Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 85; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 37; Sall. J. 60, 5; 64, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 19; Tac. A. 4, 16; Suet. Caes. 56; * Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 al. —<br /> <b>(b)</b> Form consultē ([[mostly]] [[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): qui [[consulte]], [[docte]] [[atque]] [[astute]] cavet, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14: [[caute]] [[atque]] [[consulte]] [[gesta]], Liv. 22, 38, 11; Spart. Had. 2.—Comp., Liv. 22, 24, 3; Tac. H. 2, 24. —Sup., [[Capitol]]. Pert. 7. | ||
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consŭlo: lŭi, ltum, 3, v. n. and
I a. from con and root sal-; cf. consul and consilium.
I To consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, reflect upon, consult.
A Neutr.
1 In gen.
(a) Absol.: quid nunc? etiam consulis? do you still deliberate, i. e. hesitate? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 171; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 75 Speng.: ne quid in consulendo adversi eveniat, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14: consulto opus est, there is need of deliberation, Sall. C. 1, 6: dum tempus consulendi est, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 19: satis facere consulentibus, Cic. Or. 42, 143: ut omnium rerum vobis ad consulendum potestas esset, Liv. 8, 13, 18: ut tot uno tempore motibus animi turbati trepidarent magis quam consulerent, id. 21, 16, 2: praesidium consulenti curiae, Hor. C. 2, 1, 14 et saep.—
(b) With in and acc.: consulere in longitudinem, to take thought for the future, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10: in commune, for the common good, id. And. 3, 3, 16; Liv. 32, 21, 1; Tac. A. 12, 5; id. Agr. 12; Curt. 5, 9, 14; and in the same sense: in medium, Verg. A. 11, 335; Liv. 24, 22, 15; Tac. H. 2, 5; Luc. 5, 46: in unum, Tac. H. 1, 68; 4, 70: in publicum (opp. suscipere proprias simultates), Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Tac. A. 1, 24.—
(g) With de and abl.: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est, Sall. C. 51, 5; so, de communibus negotiis, id. J. 105, 1: de salute suorum, Cic. Sull. 22, 63: omnibus de rebus, Tac. A. 4, 40.—
(d) With ut or ne: consulere vivi ac prospicere debemus, ut illorum (liberorum) solitudo munita sit, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153: tu ne qua manus se attollere nobis A tergo possit, custodi et consule longe, Verg. A. 9, 322.—Impers.: ut urbi ... satis esset praesidii, consultum atque provisum est, Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26: ne deficerent, consulendum esse, Cels. 3, 4, 31.—
2 Esp., consulere alicui or alicui rei, to take care for some person or thing, to be mindful of, take care of, look to, have regard for, to counsel or consult for: tuae rei bene consulere cupio, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 9: quid me fiat, parvi pendis, dum illi consulas, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 37: qui parti civium consulunt, partem neglegunt, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: consulere eorum commodis et utilitati salutique servire, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; so, famae, pudicitiae tuae, id. Phil. 2, 2, 3: dignitati meae, id. Fam. 11, 29, 1: suae vitae, Caes. B. G. 7, 12: receptui sibi, id. B. C. 3, 69: reipublicae juxta ac sibi, Sall. C. 37, 8; id. J. 58, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 1: timori magis quam religioni, Caes. B. C. 1, 67; cf.: magis irae quam famae, Sall. C. 51, 7: qui mi consultum optime velit esse, Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1: mi ires consultum male? to counsel evil or badly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 36; so, male patriae, Nep. Epam. 10, 1; id. Phoc. 2, 2.—With si: melius consulet (sibi), si, etc., Cels. 1, 3, 55.—
B Act.
1 Consulere aliquem (or aliquid), to consult with one, to ask his opinion or advice, to ask counsel of, to consult, question (for the sake of advice).
a In gen.: cum te consuluissem, quid mihi faciendum esse censeres, Cic. Fam. 11, 29, 1: te, qui philosophum audis, id. ib. 9, 26, 1: Apellem tragoedum, uter, etc., Suet. Calig. 33 al.—Of inanim. objects: speculum suum, Ov. A. A. 3, 136; cf.: spectatas undas, quid se deceat, id. M. 4, 312: nares, an olerent aera Corinthōn, Mart. 9, 60, 11: diem de gemmis, etc., Ov. A. A. 1, 251 sq.: animum nostrum, Quint. 4, 2, 52: aures meas, id. 9, 4, 93: suas vires, id. 10, 2, 18 al.—With two accs.: ibo et consulam hanc rem amicos, quid faciundum censeant, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 26: nec te id consulo, Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2: consulere prudentiorem coepi aetates tabularum, Petr. 88.—Freq.,
b Esp. as t. t.
(a) In the lang. of religion, to consult a deity, an oracle, omens, etc.: Apollinem de re, Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40: deum consuluit auguriis, quae suscipienda essent, Liv. 1, 20, 7: deos hominum fibris, Tac. A. 14, 30 fin.: Phoebi oracula, Ov. M. 3, 9; Suet. Vesp. 5: Tiresiam conjectorem, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76: haruspicem, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11; Suet. Tib. 63; Cato, R. R. 5, 4: vates nunc extis, nunc per aves, Liv. 2, 42, 10: Cumaeam anum, Ov. F. 4, 158: avem primum visam augur, id. ib. 1, 180: spirantia exta, Verg. A. 4, 64; so, trepidantia exta, Ov. M. 15, 576: sacras sortes, id. ib. 11, 412: Etrusci haruspices male consulentes, Gell. 4, 5, 5.—Pass. impers.: si publice consuletur ... sin privatim, Tac. G. 10. —With dependent question: senatus pontificum collegium consuli jussit, num omne id aurum in ludos consumi necessum esset, Liv. 39, 5, 9: consulti per ludibrium pontifices, an concepto necdum edito partu rite nuberet, Tac. A. 1, 10.—
(b) In judic. lang., to ask advice of a lawyer, to consult, etc.: quam inanes domus eorum omnium, qui de jure civili consuli solent, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120: consuli quidem te a Caesare scribis: sed ego tibi ab illo consuli mallem, id. Fam. 7, 11, 2: si jus consuleres, peritissimus, Liv. 39, 40, 6: munus hoc eorum qui consuluntur, i. e. who are skilled in the law, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14; so id. Quint. 16, 53.— With dependent question: consulens eum, an seni jam testato suaderet ordinare suprema judicia, Quint. 6, 3, 92.—The formula usual in asking advice was, licet consulere? Cic. Mur. 13, 28; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 192.—
(g) In publicists' lang., to take counsel with the competent authorities, to consult: Quirites, utrum, etc., Liv. 31, 7, 2; so, senatum, Sall. J. 28, 2: senatum de foedere, id. ib. 39, 2; 62, 10: populum de ejus morte, Cic. Mil. 7, 16: plebem in omnia (tribuni), Liv. 6, 39, 2 al.—
2 Aliquid.
a To take counsel or deliberate upon something, to consider: est consulere quiddam quod tecum volo, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 53; id. Pers. 5, 2, 63: rem delatam consulere ordine non licuit, Liv. 2, 28, 2; so, consulere et explorare rem, Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4: consulis rem nulli obscuram, Verg. A. 11, 344 al.: bis repulsi Galli quid agant consulunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 83.—
b To advise something, to give advice: tun']] consulis quicquam? Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 22.—Absol.: ab re consulit blandiloquentulus, advises to his hurt, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 17.
II Sometimes meton. (causa pro effectu).
A To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine.
1 Neutr.; constr. absol. or with de aliquo or in aliquem: de nullis quam de vobis infestius aut inimicius consuluerunt, Liv. 28, 29, 8; so, de perfugis gravius quam de fugitivis, id. 30, 43, 13: in humiliores libidinose crudeliterque consulebatur, id. 3, 36, 7; so, crudeliter in deditos victosque, id. 8, 13, 15; cf. Tac. Agr. 16. —
2 Act.: quid in concilio consuluistis? Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 6: animum ego inducam tamen, ut illud, quod tuam in rem bene conducat, consulam, id. Cist. 3, 4: ne quid gravius de salute tuā consulas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1: pessime istuc in te atque in illum consulis, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 28: quae reges irā inpulsi male consuluerint, Sall. C. 51, 4: nisi quod de uxore potuit honestius consuli, id. J. 95, 3.—Pass. impers.: aliter mihi de illis ac de me ipso consulendum est, Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3.—
B With the access. idea of judging, in the connection boni, optimi aliquid consulere, to excuse, take in good part, interpret favorably; be contented, pleased, or satisfied with: sit consul a consulendo vel a judicando: nam et hoc consulere veteres vocaverunt, unde adhuc remanet illud Rogat boni consulas, id est bonum judices, Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 41, 8 Müll.: nemo hoc rex ausus est facere, eane fieri bonis, bono genere gnatis boni consulitis? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: boni consulendum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 40 Müll.: tu haec quaeso consule missa boni, Ov. P. 3, 8, 24; cf. id. Tr. 4, 1, 106; so, nostrum laborem, Quint. 6, prooem. § 16; Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 3: hoc munus, Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 8; id. Prov. 2, 4; id. Ep. 9, 20; 17, 9; 88, 17: quaerebat argentum avaritia: boni consuluit interim invenisse minium, Plin. 33, prooem. 2, § 4; 8, 16, 17, § 44: boni et optimi consulere, App. M. 8, p. 205, 28.— Hence,
1 consultus, a, um, P. a.
A Well considered or weighed, deliberated upon, maturely pondered: bene consultum consilium surripitur saepissume, si minus, etc., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 5 sq.: ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: neque eam usquam invenio, neque quo eam, neque quā quaeram consultum'st, I know neither, etc., Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 6: operā consultā, with mature reflection, Gell. 7 (6), 17, 3; in the same sense, consulto consilio, Paul. Sent. 1, 9, 6: consultius est huic poenalem quoque stipulationem subjungere, it is better. more advantageous, Dig. 2, 15, 15.—
B (Acc. to I. B. 1.) Knowing, skilful, experienced, practised, esp. in law; skilled or learned in the law: non ille magis juris consultus quam justitiae fuit, Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 10: juris atque eloquentiae, Liv. 10, 22, 7: consultissimus vir omnis divini atque humani juris, id. 1, 18, 1; cf. Gell. 1, 13, 10: insanientis sapientiae, Hor. C. 1, 34, 3: universae disciplinae, Col. 11, 1, 12.—Hence, subst.: consultus, i, m., a lawyer: tu consultus modo rusticus, Hor. S. 1, 1, 17; id. Ep 2, 2, 87; 2, 2, 159; Ov. A. A. 1, 83.— Esp. with juris, often written as one word, jūrisconsultus, i, m., v. h. v.—Absol.: ut natura non disciplinā consultus esse videatur, Cic. Caecin. 27, 78: consultorum alterum disertissimum, disertorum alterum consultissimum fuisse, id. Brut. 40, 148: consultiores sibimet videntur Deo, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2.—
2 Subst.: consultum, i, n.
A (Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) A consultation, inquiry of a deity: Sostratus (sacerdos) ubi laeta et congruentia exta magnisque consultis annuere deam videt, etc., Tac. H. 2, 4.—
B (Acc. to II.) A decree, decision, resolution, plan; so first, Senatus consultum, or in one word, Senatusconsul-tum, a decree of the Senate (most freq. in all periods; the senatus consulta were not, like the plebiscita, the supreme law of the republic; but under the emperors, all new laws took this form, v. esp. Sandars, Introd., Just. Inst. § 15; 1, 2, 5), Sall. C. 42, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149: senatus consultum est quod senatus jubet atque constituit, nam cum auctus esset populus Romanus ... aequum visum est senatum vice populi consuli, Just. Inst. 1, 2, 5; for which, consulta Patrum, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 41. —Of a decree of the Sicilian council: ne senatus consultum Siculi homines facere possent, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 146.—Also in other connections: facta et consulta fortium et sapientium, Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62; cf.: facta consultaque Alexandri, Sall. H. 3, 7 Dietsch: consulta et decreta, id. J. 11, 5: consulta sese omnia cum illo integra habere, all objects of consultation, plans, id. ib. 108, 2; cf.: ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque, plans, Liv. 25, 16, 4; and: approbare collegam consulta, id. 10, 39, 10: dum consulta petis, responses, oracles, divinations, Verg. A. 6, 151: tua magna, decisions, id. ib. 11, 410; so, mollia, Tac. A. 1, 40: mala, id. ib. 6, 6: ex consulto factum, purposely, voluntarily, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 49.—Hence, adv., considerately, deliberately, designedly, on purpose.
(a) Form consultō (class. in prose and poetry): utrum perturbatione aliquā animi an consulto et cogitata fiat injuria, Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27; Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 43; Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 85; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 37; Sall. J. 60, 5; 64, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 19; Tac. A. 4, 16; Suet. Caes. 56; * Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 al. —
(b) Form consultē (mostly ante- and post-class.): qui consulte, docte atque astute cavet, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14: caute atque consulte gesta, Liv. 22, 38, 11; Spart. Had. 2.—Comp., Liv. 22, 24, 3; Tac. H. 2, 24. —Sup., Capitol. Pert. 7.
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cōnsŭlō,⁷ sŭluī, sultum, ĕre,
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1 délibérer ensemble ou délibérer avec soi-même, se consulter, réfléchir : Pl. Mil. 219 ; Rud. 1036, etc. ; Ter. Ad. 982, etc. ; Sall. C. 1, 6
