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|lshtext=<b>consĭlĭum</b>: ii, n. from con and [[root]] sal-; Sanscr. sar-; cf. [[consul]],<br /><b>I</b> [[deliberation]], [[consultation]], a considering [[together]], [[counsel]] (cf. [[concilium]]; [[very]] freq. in all periods and [[species]] of [[composition]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: consulta sunt consilia, are [[finished]], at an [[end]], Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 7: [[quid]] in consilio consuluistis? id. Bacch. 1, 1, 6 Ritschl: [[consilium]] [[volo]] capere unā [[tecum]], Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66: [[neque]] pol consili locum [[habeo]] [[neque]] ad [[auxilium]] copiam, id. And. 2, 1, 20: cum [[aliquo]] consilia conferre, Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 38 (v. [[confero]], I. B.): [[saepe]] in senatu consilia versata sunt, Quint. 12, 2, 21; 7, 4, 2: [[quasi]] [[vero]] consilii [[sit]] res, et non [[necesse]] [[sit]], etc., as if the [[matter]] were [[yet]] [[open]] for [[deliberation]], Caes. B. G. 7, 38; cf. Nep. Con. 4, 2: [[quid]] efficere possis, tui consilii est, is for [[you]] to [[consider]], Cic. Fam. 3, 2, 2: vestrum jam [[consilium]] est. non [[solum]] [[meum]], [[quid]] [[sit]] [[vobis]] faciendum, id. ib. 14, 14, 1: [[quid]] aetati credendum [[sit]], [[quid]] nomini, magni consilii est, id. Att. 15, 12, 2; cf.: [[nihil]] mihi [[adhuc]] accidit, [[quod]] majoris consilii esset, id. ib. 10, 1, 3: in consilio habere, Quint. 8, 2, 23: [[fit]] publici consilii [[particeps]], Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2; cf. Quint. 12, 3, 1; 3, 8, 4: nocturna, Sall. C. 42, 2: arcanis ut interesset, Liv. 35, 18, 2 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]].<br /> <b>A</b> In abstr.<br /> <b>1</b> A [[conclusion]] made [[with]] [[consideration]], a [[determination]], [[resolution]], [[measure]], [[plan]], [[purpose]], [[intention]], Quint. 6, 5, 3; cf.: [[consilium]] est aliquid faciendi aut non faciendi excogitata [[ratio]], Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36; 2, 9, 31: certum, Ter. And. 2, 3, 16: callidum, id. ib. 3, 4, 10: ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia, Caes. B. G. 3, 8: aliquid communi consilio agere, id. ib.: [[consilium]] communicaverunt perfeceruntque, Suet. Calig. 56: aedificandi [[consilium]] abicere, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6; Liv. 33, 41, 5; Tac. A. 4, 4: deponere, Caes. B. C. 3, 103.—And of the [[purpose]]. as opp. to the [[act]], etc.: [[quod]] [[initio]] scripsi, totius facti tui judicium non tam ex consilio tuo [[quam]] ex eventu homines esse facturos, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5: [[quasi]] [[exitus]] rerum, non hominum consilia, legibus vindicentur, id. Mil. 7, 19: mentem peccare, non [[corpus]], et [[unde]] [[consilium]] afuerit culpam abesse, Liv. 1, 58, 9. —Often [[with]] epithets characterizing the [[person]] [[who]] forms the [[purpose]], etc.: amentissimum, Cic. Att. 7, 10 init.: [[audax]], Liv. 25, 38, 18; 35, 32, 13: fortissima cousilia, id. 25, 38, 18: [[fidele]], Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 4, 8: [[providens]], Gell. 3, 7, 8: [[malum]], id. 4, 5, 5: temerarium, Vell. 2, 120, 2: incautum, Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3: [[lene]], Hor. C. 3, 4, 41: [[praeceps]], Suet. Aug. 8: [[repudio]] [[quod]] [[consilium]] [[primum]] intenderam, Ter. And. 4, 3, 18: eo consilio, uti frumento Caesarem intercluderet, Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 9; Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72 fin.; Sall. C. 57, 1: quo consilio huc [[imus]]? Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; also: hoc consilio ut, Nep. Milt. 5, 3: [[privato]] consilio, on one's [[own]] [[account]] (opp. [[publico]] consilio, in the [[name]] or [[behalf]] of the [[state]]): qui [[contra]] consulem [[privato]] consilio [[exercitus]] comparaverunt, Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; Caes. B. C. 3, 14; Nep. Pelop. 1, 2.—Sometimes absol. consilio adverbially, [[intentionally]], [[designedly]]: casu [[potius]] [[quam]] consilio, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 8: [[consul]], seu [[forte]], seu consilio, Venusiam perfugit, Liv. 22, 49, 14; 35, 14, 4; Verg. A. 7, 216.—<br /> <b>b</b> Esp. in the phrases,<br /> <b>(a)</b> Consilium capere, to form a [[purpose]] or [[plan]], to [[resolve]], [[decide]], [[determine]]: [[neque]], [[quid]] [[nunc]] consili capiam, [[scio]], De virgine [[istac]], Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 27: [[consilium]] capere [[with]] a gen. gerund., Caes. B. G. 3, 2; 5, 29; Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6; Liv. 39, 51, 3; 43, 3, 7; 35, 34, 4; 10, 38, 6; Sall. C. 16, 4; Curt. 8, 6, 8; 8, 7, 1; Tac. A. 6, 26; Suet. Vesp. 6; Quint. 11, 3, 180; Just. 2, 13, 5; 34, 4, 1; cf. [[with]] gen.: profectionis et reversionis meae, Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1.—With inf., Cic. Quint. 16, 53 fin.; Caes. B. G. 7, 71; Nep. Lys. 3, 1; Liv. 44, 11, 6 al.—With ut: [[capio]] [[consilium]], ut senatum congerronum convocem, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 8: [[consilium]] ceperunt plenum sceleris, ut [[nomen]] hujus deferrent, Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28; id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140: [[consilium]] cepi, ut [[antequam]] luceret exirem, id. Att. 7. 10; id. Tull. 14, 34; Liv. 25, 34, 7.—And [[with]] inf.: [[consilium]] cepit ... [[iter]] in urbem patefacere, Liv. 44, 11, 7: hominis fortunas evertere, Cic. Quint. 16, 53: [[Heraclius]] capit [[consilium]] ... non adesse ad judicium, id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 41: ex [[oppido]] profugere, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; 7, 71; Just. 35, 1, 3.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> In the [[same]] [[sense]], inire [[consilium]], [[with]] [[similar]] [[construction]]: inita sunt consilia urbis delendae, Cic. Mur. 37, 80; 38, 81: regni occupandi [[consilium]] inire, Liv. 2, 8, 2; 6, 17, 7; 7, 38, 5: jus gentium cujus violandi causā [[consilium]] initum erat, id. 38, 25, 8; 4, 11, 4: sceleris conandi consilia inierat, Vell. 2, 35, 5; 2, 80, 6: [[Graeci]] [[consilium]] ineunt interrumpendi pontis, Just. 2, 13, 5; Suet. Calig. 48: iniit consilia reges Lacedaemoniorum tollere, Nep. Lys. 3, 1: consilia inibat, [[quemadmodum]], etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 43: de [[bello]] consilia inire incipiunt, id. ib. 7, 1: cum de recuperandā libertate [[consilium]] initum videretur, id. ib. 5, 27: consilia inita de [[regno]], Liv. 4, 15, 4: [[atrox]] [[consilium]] init, ut, etc., Tac. H. 3, 41.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Freq. [[consilium]] est, [[with]] and [[without]] inf., I [[purpose]]: ita facere, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 73; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 44; Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1; Sall. C. 4, 1; 53, 6; Liv. 21, 63, 2; Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch. —Rarely [[with]] ut: ut [[filius]] Cum illà habitet ... hoc [[nostrum]] [[consilium]] fuit, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 41: ea uti acceptā mercede deseram, non est [[consilium]], Sall. J. 85, 8; and absol.: [[quid]] sui consilii [[sit]], ostendit, Caes. B. G. 1, 21.—Hence,<br /> <b>c</b> In partic., in milit. lang., a [[warlike]] [[measure]], [[device]], [[stratagem]]: [[consilium]] imperatorium [[quod]] [[Graeci]] [[στρατήγημα]] | |lshtext=<b>consĭlĭum</b>: ii, n. from con and [[root]] sal-; Sanscr. sar-; cf. [[consul]],<br /><b>I</b> [[deliberation]], [[consultation]], a considering [[together]], [[counsel]] (cf. [[concilium]]; [[very]] freq. in all periods and [[species]] of [[composition]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: consulta sunt consilia, are [[finished]], at an [[end]], Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 7: [[quid]] in consilio consuluistis? id. Bacch. 1, 1, 6 Ritschl: [[consilium]] [[volo]] capere unā [[tecum]], Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66: [[neque]] pol consili locum [[habeo]] [[neque]] ad [[auxilium]] copiam, id. And. 2, 1, 20: cum [[aliquo]] consilia conferre, Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 38 (v. [[confero]], I. B.): [[saepe]] in senatu consilia versata sunt, Quint. 12, 2, 21; 7, 4, 2: [[quasi]] [[vero]] consilii [[sit]] res, et non [[necesse]] [[sit]], etc., as if the [[matter]] were [[yet]] [[open]] for [[deliberation]], Caes. B. G. 7, 38; cf. Nep. Con. 4, 2: [[quid]] efficere possis, tui consilii est, is for [[you]] to [[consider]], Cic. Fam. 3, 2, 2: vestrum jam [[consilium]] est. non [[solum]] [[meum]], [[quid]] [[sit]] [[vobis]] faciendum, id. ib. 14, 14, 1: [[quid]] aetati credendum [[sit]], [[quid]] nomini, magni consilii est, id. Att. 15, 12, 2; cf.: [[nihil]] mihi [[adhuc]] accidit, [[quod]] majoris consilii esset, id. ib. 10, 1, 3: in consilio habere, Quint. 8, 2, 23: [[fit]] publici consilii [[particeps]], Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2; cf. Quint. 12, 3, 1; 3, 8, 4: nocturna, Sall. C. 42, 2: arcanis ut interesset, Liv. 35, 18, 2 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]].<br /> <b>A</b> In abstr.<br /> <b>1</b> A [[conclusion]] made [[with]] [[consideration]], a [[determination]], [[resolution]], [[measure]], [[plan]], [[purpose]], [[intention]], Quint. 6, 5, 3; cf.: [[consilium]] est aliquid faciendi aut non faciendi excogitata [[ratio]], Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36; 2, 9, 31: certum, Ter. And. 2, 3, 16: callidum, id. ib. 3, 4, 10: ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia, Caes. B. G. 3, 8: aliquid communi consilio agere, id. ib.: [[consilium]] communicaverunt perfeceruntque, Suet. Calig. 56: aedificandi [[consilium]] abicere, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6; Liv. 33, 41, 5; Tac. A. 4, 4: deponere, Caes. B. C. 3, 103.—And of the [[purpose]]. as opp. to the [[act]], etc.: [[quod]] [[initio]] scripsi, totius facti tui judicium non tam ex consilio tuo [[quam]] ex eventu homines esse facturos, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5: [[quasi]] [[exitus]] rerum, non hominum consilia, legibus vindicentur, id. Mil. 7, 19: mentem peccare, non [[corpus]], et [[unde]] [[consilium]] afuerit culpam abesse, Liv. 1, 58, 9. —Often [[with]] epithets characterizing the [[person]] [[who]] forms the [[purpose]], etc.: amentissimum, Cic. Att. 7, 10 init.: [[audax]], Liv. 25, 38, 18; 35, 32, 13: fortissima cousilia, id. 25, 38, 18: [[fidele]], Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 4, 8: [[providens]], Gell. 3, 7, 8: [[malum]], id. 4, 5, 5: temerarium, Vell. 2, 120, 2: incautum, Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3: [[lene]], Hor. C. 3, 4, 41: [[praeceps]], Suet. Aug. 8: [[repudio]] [[quod]] [[consilium]] [[primum]] intenderam, Ter. And. 4, 3, 18: eo consilio, uti frumento Caesarem intercluderet, Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 9; Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72 fin.; Sall. C. 57, 1: quo consilio huc [[imus]]? Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; also: hoc consilio ut, Nep. Milt. 5, 3: [[privato]] consilio, on one's [[own]] [[account]] (opp. [[publico]] consilio, in the [[name]] or [[behalf]] of the [[state]]): qui [[contra]] consulem [[privato]] consilio [[exercitus]] comparaverunt, Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; Caes. B. C. 3, 14; Nep. Pelop. 1, 2.—Sometimes absol. consilio adverbially, [[intentionally]], [[designedly]]: casu [[potius]] [[quam]] consilio, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 8: [[consul]], seu [[forte]], seu consilio, Venusiam perfugit, Liv. 22, 49, 14; 35, 14, 4; Verg. A. 7, 216.—<br /> <b>b</b> Esp. in the phrases,<br /> <b>(a)</b> Consilium capere, to form a [[purpose]] or [[plan]], to [[resolve]], [[decide]], [[determine]]: [[neque]], [[quid]] [[nunc]] consili capiam, [[scio]], De virgine [[istac]], Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 27: [[consilium]] capere [[with]] a gen. gerund., Caes. B. G. 3, 2; 5, 29; Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6; Liv. 39, 51, 3; 43, 3, 7; 35, 34, 4; 10, 38, 6; Sall. C. 16, 4; Curt. 8, 6, 8; 8, 7, 1; Tac. A. 6, 26; Suet. Vesp. 6; Quint. 11, 3, 180; Just. 2, 13, 5; 34, 4, 1; cf. [[with]] gen.: profectionis et reversionis meae, Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1.—With inf., Cic. Quint. 16, 53 fin.; Caes. B. G. 7, 71; Nep. Lys. 3, 1; Liv. 44, 11, 6 al.—With ut: [[capio]] [[consilium]], ut senatum congerronum convocem, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 8: [[consilium]] ceperunt plenum sceleris, ut [[nomen]] hujus deferrent, Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28; id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140: [[consilium]] cepi, ut [[antequam]] luceret exirem, id. Att. 7. 10; id. Tull. 14, 34; Liv. 25, 34, 7.—And [[with]] inf.: [[consilium]] cepit ... [[iter]] in urbem patefacere, Liv. 44, 11, 7: hominis fortunas evertere, Cic. Quint. 16, 53: [[Heraclius]] capit [[consilium]] ... non adesse ad judicium, id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 41: ex [[oppido]] profugere, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; 7, 71; Just. 35, 1, 3.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> In the [[same]] [[sense]], inire [[consilium]], [[with]] [[similar]] [[construction]]: inita sunt consilia urbis delendae, Cic. Mur. 37, 80; 38, 81: regni occupandi [[consilium]] inire, Liv. 2, 8, 2; 6, 17, 7; 7, 38, 5: jus gentium cujus violandi causā [[consilium]] initum erat, id. 38, 25, 8; 4, 11, 4: sceleris conandi consilia inierat, Vell. 2, 35, 5; 2, 80, 6: [[Graeci]] [[consilium]] ineunt interrumpendi pontis, Just. 2, 13, 5; Suet. Calig. 48: iniit consilia reges Lacedaemoniorum tollere, Nep. Lys. 3, 1: consilia inibat, [[quemadmodum]], etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 43: de [[bello]] consilia inire incipiunt, id. ib. 7, 1: cum de recuperandā libertate [[consilium]] initum videretur, id. ib. 5, 27: consilia inita de [[regno]], Liv. 4, 15, 4: [[atrox]] [[consilium]] init, ut, etc., Tac. H. 3, 41.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Freq. [[consilium]] est, [[with]] and [[without]] inf., I [[purpose]]: ita facere, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 73; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 44; Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1; Sall. C. 4, 1; 53, 6; Liv. 21, 63, 2; Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch. —Rarely [[with]] ut: ut [[filius]] Cum illà habitet ... hoc [[nostrum]] [[consilium]] fuit, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 41: ea uti acceptā mercede deseram, non est [[consilium]], Sall. J. 85, 8; and absol.: [[quid]] sui consilii [[sit]], ostendit, Caes. B. G. 1, 21.—Hence,<br /> <b>c</b> In partic., in milit. lang., a [[warlike]] [[measure]], [[device]], [[stratagem]]: [[consilium]] imperatorium [[quod]] [[Graeci]] [[στρατήγημα]] appellant, Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15; so Caes. B. G. 7, 22; Nep. Dat. 6, 8; id. Iphicr. 1, 2; cf.: [[opportunus]] consiliis [[locus]] (= insidiis), Quint. 5, 10, 37.—<br /> <b>d</b> With [[special]] [[reference]] to the [[person]] for whose [[advantage]] a [[measure]] is devised, [[counsel]], [[advice]]: tu [[quidem]] [[antehac]] aliis solebas [[dare]] consilia mutua, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 98; so, [[dare]], Ter. And. 2, 1, 9: [[quid]] das consili? Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 93: Cethegum [[minus]] ei [[fidele]] [[consilium]] dedisse, Cic. Clu. 31, 85: vos [[lene]] [[consilium]] datis, Hor. C. 3, 4, 41; 3, 5, 45 et saep.: juvabo aut re aut operā aut consilio bono, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; imitated by Ter.: aut consolando aut consilio aut re juvero, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 34 (quoted ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 4); cf. Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 29; Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2; 15, 2, 2; id. Att. 13, 31, 3: te [[hortor]] ut omnia moderere prudentiā tuā, ne te auferant aliorum consilia, id. Fam. 2, 7, 1: [[sin]] aliquid impertivit [[tibi]] sui consilii, id. ib. 5, 2, 9: consiliis, non curribus utere nostris, Ov. M. 2, 146: [[facile]] [[ratio]] tam [[salubris]] consilii [[accepta]] est, Curt. 3, 7, 10: saniora consilia pati, id. 4, 1, 9.—<br /> <b>2</b> As a [[mental]] [[quality]], [[understanding]], [[judgment]], [[wisdom]], [[sense]], [[penetration]], [[prudence]]: et dominari in corpore toto Consilium [[quod]] nos animum mentemque vocamus, Lucr. 3, 139; 3, 450: [[acta]] [[illa]] res est [[animo]] virili, consilio puerili, Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3; cf. id. Caecin. 7, 18: ut [[popularis]] [[cupiditas]] a consilio principum dissideret, id. Sest. 49, 103: majore [[studio]] [[quam]] consilio ad [[bellum]] proficisci, Sall. H. 2, 96, 4 Dietsch: res [[forte]] [[quam]] consilio [[melius]] gestae, id. J. 92, 6: quae [[quanto]] consilio gerantur, nullo consilio adsequi possumus, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97: [[simul]] [[consilium]] cum re amisisti? Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10; cf.: miseros [[prudentia]] prima relinquit, Et [[sensus]] cum re consiliumque fugit, Ov. P. 4, 12, 48: mulieres omnes [[propter]] infirmitatem consilii majores in tutorum potestate esse voluerunt, Cic. Mur. 12, 27: vir et consilii magni et virtutis, Caes. B. G. 3, 5: cum [[plus]] in [[illo]] senili [[animo]] non consilii [[modo]] sed [[etiam]] virtutis esse dicerent, Liv. 4, 13, 13; so, tam [[iners]], tam nulli consili Sum, Ter. And. 3, 5, 2: est hoc [[principium]] improbi animi, miseri ingenii, nulli consilii, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48: omnes gravioris aetatis, in quibus aliquid consilii aut dignitatis fuit, Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 6, 40: misce stultitiam consiliis brevem, Hor. C. 4, 12, 27: quae res in se [[neque]] [[consilium]] [[neque]] modum Habet ullum, eam consilio regere non potes, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13. —<br /> <b>b</b> Poet., transf., of inanim. things: consilii inopes ignes, [[indiscreet]], Ov. M. 9, 746: vis consili [[expers]], Hor. C. 3, 4, 65; id. S. 2, 3, 266.—<br /> <b>B</b> In concr., the persons [[who]] [[deliberate]], a [[council]]; of the Roman [[senate]]: senatum, id est [[orbis]] terrae [[consilium]], delere gestit, Cic. Phil. 4, 6, 14; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; id. de Or. 2, 82, 333; id. Sest. 65, 137: summum [[consilium]] [[orbis]] terrae, id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; Liv. 1, 8, 7; 23, 22, 2; Vell. 1, 8, 6: di prohibeant, ut hoc, [[quod]] majores [[consilium]] publicum vocari voluerunt, [[praesidium]] sectorum existimetur, i. e. a [[court]] of [[justice]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151; cf.: qui ex civitate in senatum [[propter]] dignitatem, ex senatu in hoc [[consilium]] delecti estis [[propter]] severitatem, id. ib. 3, 8.—Of the [[division]] of the [[centumviri]], [[who]] sat for [[ordinary]] cases in [[four]] consilia: sedebant [[centum]] et [[octoginta]] judices, tot [[enim]] [[quattuor]] consiliis colliguntur, Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 2: omnibus non [[solum]] consiliis sed [[etiam]] sententiis [[superior]] discessit, Val. Max. 7, 7, 1: [[Galba]] consilio [[celeriter]] convocato sententias exquirere coepit, a [[council]] of [[war]], Caes. B. G. 3, 3; cf.: consilio advocato, Liv. 25, 31, 3; 43, 22, 9 al.: castrense, id. 44, 35, 4: mittunt (Carthaginienses) [[triginta]] seniorum principes: id erat sanctius [[apud]] illos [[consilium]], id. 30, 16, 3; cf. id. 35, 34, 2: [[consilium]] Jovis, Hor. C. 3, 25, 6: bonorum [[atque]] sapientium, Quint. 3, 8, 2 al.—<br /> <b>b</b> Facetiously: [[paulisper]] tace, Dum ego mihi consilia in animum [[convoco]], et dum [[consulo]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 44.—<br /> <b>c</b> (Acc. to II. A. 1. c.) A [[counsellor]]: [[ille]] [[ferox]] [[hortator]] pugnae consiliumque fuit, Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 32: [[Clymene]], Aethraque, Quae mihi sunt comites consiliumque duae, id. H. 16 (17), 268; id. F. 3, 276. | ||
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consĭlĭum: ii, n. from con and root sal-; Sanscr. sar-; cf. consul,
I deliberation, consultation, a considering together, counsel (cf. concilium; very freq. in all periods and species of composition).
I Prop.: consulta sunt consilia, are finished, at an end, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 7: quid in consilio consuluistis? id. Bacch. 1, 1, 6 Ritschl: consilium volo capere unā tecum, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66: neque pol consili locum habeo neque ad auxilium copiam, id. And. 2, 1, 20: cum aliquo consilia conferre, Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 38 (v. confero, I. B.): saepe in senatu consilia versata sunt, Quint. 12, 2, 21; 7, 4, 2: quasi vero consilii sit res, et non necesse sit, etc., as if the matter were yet open for deliberation, Caes. B. G. 7, 38; cf. Nep. Con. 4, 2: quid efficere possis, tui consilii est, is for you to consider, Cic. Fam. 3, 2, 2: vestrum jam consilium est. non solum meum, quid sit vobis faciendum, id. ib. 14, 14, 1: quid aetati credendum sit, quid nomini, magni consilii est, id. Att. 15, 12, 2; cf.: nihil mihi adhuc accidit, quod majoris consilii esset, id. ib. 10, 1, 3: in consilio habere, Quint. 8, 2, 23: fit publici consilii particeps, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2; cf. Quint. 12, 3, 1; 3, 8, 4: nocturna, Sall. C. 42, 2: arcanis ut interesset, Liv. 35, 18, 2 et saep.—
II Meton.
A In abstr.
1 A conclusion made with consideration, a determination, resolution, measure, plan, purpose, intention, Quint. 6, 5, 3; cf.: consilium est aliquid faciendi aut non faciendi excogitata ratio, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36; 2, 9, 31: certum, Ter. And. 2, 3, 16: callidum, id. ib. 3, 4, 10: ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia, Caes. B. G. 3, 8: aliquid communi consilio agere, id. ib.: consilium communicaverunt perfeceruntque, Suet. Calig. 56: aedificandi consilium abicere, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6; Liv. 33, 41, 5; Tac. A. 4, 4: deponere, Caes. B. C. 3, 103.—And of the purpose. as opp. to the act, etc.: quod initio scripsi, totius facti tui judicium non tam ex consilio tuo quam ex eventu homines esse facturos, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5: quasi exitus rerum, non hominum consilia, legibus vindicentur, id. Mil. 7, 19: mentem peccare, non corpus, et unde consilium afuerit culpam abesse, Liv. 1, 58, 9. —Often with epithets characterizing the person who forms the purpose, etc.: amentissimum, Cic. Att. 7, 10 init.: audax, Liv. 25, 38, 18; 35, 32, 13: fortissima cousilia, id. 25, 38, 18: fidele, Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 4, 8: providens, Gell. 3, 7, 8: malum, id. 4, 5, 5: temerarium, Vell. 2, 120, 2: incautum, Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3: lene, Hor. C. 3, 4, 41: praeceps, Suet. Aug. 8: repudio quod consilium primum intenderam, Ter. And. 4, 3, 18: eo consilio, uti frumento Caesarem intercluderet, Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 9; Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72 fin.; Sall. C. 57, 1: quo consilio huc imus? Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; also: hoc consilio ut, Nep. Milt. 5, 3: privato consilio, on one's own account (opp. publico consilio, in the name or behalf of the state): qui contra consulem privato consilio exercitus comparaverunt, Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; Caes. B. C. 3, 14; Nep. Pelop. 1, 2.—Sometimes absol. consilio adverbially, intentionally, designedly: casu potius quam consilio, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 8: consul, seu forte, seu consilio, Venusiam perfugit, Liv. 22, 49, 14; 35, 14, 4; Verg. A. 7, 216.—
b Esp. in the phrases,
(a) Consilium capere, to form a purpose or plan, to resolve, decide, determine: neque, quid nunc consili capiam, scio, De virgine istac, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 27: consilium capere with a gen. gerund., Caes. B. G. 3, 2; 5, 29; Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6; Liv. 39, 51, 3; 43, 3, 7; 35, 34, 4; 10, 38, 6; Sall. C. 16, 4; Curt. 8, 6, 8; 8, 7, 1; Tac. A. 6, 26; Suet. Vesp. 6; Quint. 11, 3, 180; Just. 2, 13, 5; 34, 4, 1; cf. with gen.: profectionis et reversionis meae, Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1.—With inf., Cic. Quint. 16, 53 fin.; Caes. B. G. 7, 71; Nep. Lys. 3, 1; Liv. 44, 11, 6 al.—With ut: capio consilium, ut senatum congerronum convocem, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 8: consilium ceperunt plenum sceleris, ut nomen hujus deferrent, Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28; id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140: consilium cepi, ut antequam luceret exirem, id. Att. 7. 10; id. Tull. 14, 34; Liv. 25, 34, 7.—And with inf.: consilium cepit ... iter in urbem patefacere, Liv. 44, 11, 7: hominis fortunas evertere, Cic. Quint. 16, 53: Heraclius capit consilium ... non adesse ad judicium, id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 41: ex oppido profugere, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; 7, 71; Just. 35, 1, 3.—
(b) In the same sense, inire consilium, with similar construction: inita sunt consilia urbis delendae, Cic. Mur. 37, 80; 38, 81: regni occupandi consilium inire, Liv. 2, 8, 2; 6, 17, 7; 7, 38, 5: jus gentium cujus violandi causā consilium initum erat, id. 38, 25, 8; 4, 11, 4: sceleris conandi consilia inierat, Vell. 2, 35, 5; 2, 80, 6: Graeci consilium ineunt interrumpendi pontis, Just. 2, 13, 5; Suet. Calig. 48: iniit consilia reges Lacedaemoniorum tollere, Nep. Lys. 3, 1: consilia inibat, quemadmodum, etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 43: de bello consilia inire incipiunt, id. ib. 7, 1: cum de recuperandā libertate consilium initum videretur, id. ib. 5, 27: consilia inita de regno, Liv. 4, 15, 4: atrox consilium init, ut, etc., Tac. H. 3, 41.—
(g) Freq. consilium est, with and without inf., I purpose: ita facere, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 73; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 44; Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1; Sall. C. 4, 1; 53, 6; Liv. 21, 63, 2; Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch. —Rarely with ut: ut filius Cum illà habitet ... hoc nostrum consilium fuit, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 41: ea uti acceptā mercede deseram, non est consilium, Sall. J. 85, 8; and absol.: quid sui consilii sit, ostendit, Caes. B. G. 1, 21.—Hence,
c In partic., in milit. lang., a warlike measure, device, stratagem: consilium imperatorium quod Graeci στρατήγημα appellant, Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15; so Caes. B. G. 7, 22; Nep. Dat. 6, 8; id. Iphicr. 1, 2; cf.: opportunus consiliis locus (= insidiis), Quint. 5, 10, 37.—
d With special reference to the person for whose advantage a measure is devised, counsel, advice: tu quidem antehac aliis solebas dare consilia mutua, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 98; so, dare, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9: quid das consili? Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 93: Cethegum minus ei fidele consilium dedisse, Cic. Clu. 31, 85: vos lene consilium datis, Hor. C. 3, 4, 41; 3, 5, 45 et saep.: juvabo aut re aut operā aut consilio bono, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; imitated by Ter.: aut consolando aut consilio aut re juvero, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 34 (quoted ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 4); cf. Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 29; Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2; 15, 2, 2; id. Att. 13, 31, 3: te hortor ut omnia moderere prudentiā tuā, ne te auferant aliorum consilia, id. Fam. 2, 7, 1: sin aliquid impertivit tibi sui consilii, id. ib. 5, 2, 9: consiliis, non curribus utere nostris, Ov. M. 2, 146: facile ratio tam salubris consilii accepta est, Curt. 3, 7, 10: saniora consilia pati, id. 4, 1, 9.—
2 As a mental quality, understanding, judgment, wisdom, sense, penetration, prudence: et dominari in corpore toto Consilium quod nos animum mentemque vocamus, Lucr. 3, 139; 3, 450: acta illa res est animo virili, consilio puerili, Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3; cf. id. Caecin. 7, 18: ut popularis cupiditas a consilio principum dissideret, id. Sest. 49, 103: majore studio quam consilio ad bellum proficisci, Sall. H. 2, 96, 4 Dietsch: res forte quam consilio melius gestae, id. J. 92, 6: quae quanto consilio gerantur, nullo consilio adsequi possumus, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97: simul consilium cum re amisisti? Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10; cf.: miseros prudentia prima relinquit, Et sensus cum re consiliumque fugit, Ov. P. 4, 12, 48: mulieres omnes propter infirmitatem consilii majores in tutorum potestate esse voluerunt, Cic. Mur. 12, 27: vir et consilii magni et virtutis, Caes. B. G. 3, 5: cum plus in illo senili animo non consilii modo sed etiam virtutis esse dicerent, Liv. 4, 13, 13; so, tam iners, tam nulli consili Sum, Ter. And. 3, 5, 2: est hoc principium improbi animi, miseri ingenii, nulli consilii, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48: omnes gravioris aetatis, in quibus aliquid consilii aut dignitatis fuit, Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 6, 40: misce stultitiam consiliis brevem, Hor. C. 4, 12, 27: quae res in se neque consilium neque modum Habet ullum, eam consilio regere non potes, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13. —
b Poet., transf., of inanim. things: consilii inopes ignes, indiscreet, Ov. M. 9, 746: vis consili expers, Hor. C. 3, 4, 65; id. S. 2, 3, 266.—
B In concr., the persons who deliberate, a council; of the Roman senate: senatum, id est orbis terrae consilium, delere gestit, Cic. Phil. 4, 6, 14; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; id. de Or. 2, 82, 333; id. Sest. 65, 137: summum consilium orbis terrae, id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; Liv. 1, 8, 7; 23, 22, 2; Vell. 1, 8, 6: di prohibeant, ut hoc, quod majores consilium publicum vocari voluerunt, praesidium sectorum existimetur, i. e. a court of justice, Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151; cf.: qui ex civitate in senatum propter dignitatem, ex senatu in hoc consilium delecti estis propter severitatem, id. ib. 3, 8.—Of the division of the centumviri, who sat for ordinary cases in four consilia: sedebant centum et octoginta judices, tot enim quattuor consiliis colliguntur, Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 2: omnibus non solum consiliis sed etiam sententiis superior discessit, Val. Max. 7, 7, 1: Galba consilio celeriter convocato sententias exquirere coepit, a council of war, Caes. B. G. 3, 3; cf.: consilio advocato, Liv. 25, 31, 3; 43, 22, 9 al.: castrense, id. 44, 35, 4: mittunt (Carthaginienses) triginta seniorum principes: id erat sanctius apud illos consilium, id. 30, 16, 3; cf. id. 35, 34, 2: consilium Jovis, Hor. C. 3, 25, 6: bonorum atque sapientium, Quint. 3, 8, 2 al.—
b Facetiously: paulisper tace, Dum ego mihi consilia in animum convoco, et dum consulo, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 44.—
c (Acc. to II. A. 1. c.) A counsellor: ille ferox hortator pugnae consiliumque fuit, Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 32: Clymene, Aethraque, Quae mihi sunt comites consiliumque duae, id. H. 16 (17), 268; id. F. 3, 276.