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consultum

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Latin

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Etymology

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A substantivisation of the neuter forms of cōnsultus (consulted), the perfect passive participle of cōnsulō (I consult, reflect, or take counsel”, “I meet, consider, or deliberate).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cōnsultum n (genitive cōnsultī); second declension

  1. a response by an oracle to the consultation or inquiry of a deity
  2. a decree, decision, resolution, plan, action taken, or measure adopted
    senatus consultum ultimumfinal decree of the Senate

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative cōnsultum cōnsulta
genitive cōnsultī cōnsultōrum
dative cōnsultō cōnsultīs
accusative cōnsultum cōnsulta
ablative cōnsultō cōnsultīs
vocative cōnsultum cōnsulta

Derived terms

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References

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  • consultum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • consultum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • consultum 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)
  • consultum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 412/3.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to send and consult the oracle at Delphi: mittere Delphos consultum
    • a resolution of the senate (not opposed by a tribunicial veto) was made: senatus consultum fit (Att. 2. 24. 3)