consultus

See also: konsultus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of cōnsulō (“I consult, reflect, or take counsel”, “I meet, consider, or deliberate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈsul.tus/, [kõːˈs̠ʊɫ̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈsul.tus/, [konˈsul̪t̪us]

Participle

cōnsultus (feminine cōnsulta, neuter cōnsultum, adverb cōnsultē or cōnsultō); first/second-declension participle

1. consulted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cōnsultus	cōnsulta	cōnsultum		cōnsultī	cōnsultae	cōnsulta
Genitive	cōnsultī	cōnsultae	cōnsultī		cōnsultōrum	cōnsultārum	cōnsultōrum
Dative	cōnsultō		cōnsultō		cōnsultīs
Accusative	cōnsultum	cōnsultam	cōnsultum		cōnsultōs	cōnsultās	cōnsulta
Ablative	cōnsultō	cōnsultā	cōnsultō		cōnsultīs
Vocative	cōnsulte	cōnsulta	cōnsultum		cōnsultī	cōnsultae	cōnsulta

Adjective

cōnsultus (feminine cōnsulta, neuter cōnsultum); first/second-declension adjective

1. knowing, skilful, experienced, practised, esp. in law; skilled or learned in the law (+ Genitive case)

   Synonyms: gnarus, peritus, expertus, callidus, instructus, sollers, doctus

   Antonyms: rudis, inexpertus, ignārus, imperītus, iners, hospes

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.18:

     consultissimus vir [...] omnis divini atque humani iuris

     • Translation by B. O. Foster

       He was deeply versed, in all law, divine and human

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cōnsultus	cōnsulta	cōnsultum		cōnsultī	cōnsultae	cōnsulta
Genitive	cōnsultī	cōnsultae	cōnsultī		cōnsultōrum	cōnsultārum	cōnsultōrum
Dative	cōnsultō		cōnsultō		cōnsultīs
Accusative	cōnsultum	cōnsultam	cōnsultum		cōnsultōs	cōnsultās	cōnsulta
Ablative	cōnsultō	cōnsultā	cōnsultō		cōnsultīs
Vocative	cōnsulte	cōnsulta	cōnsultum		cōnsultī	cōnsultae	cōnsulta

Derived terms

• cōnsultum

References

• “consultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “consultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• consultus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• consultus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• consultus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.