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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la cōnsīderō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsīderātē''' (comparative cōnsīderātius, superlative cōnsīderātissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|cōnsīderātus|-ē|t1=deliberate, cautious]], the adverb of the participle of [[m|la|cōnsīderō|t=to examine, reflect on]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler finds it first in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''De officiis'' says one should do carefully whatever one does.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means after reflection, carefully, cautiously, the opposite of ''temere''.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Caesar uses the comparative, and Livy has waging war more cautiously and with more harmony;^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) Cicero's letters have the superlative.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) Stelten gives “considerately”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of acting carefully.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar, the comparative.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of waging war cautiously.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # After consideration, [[m|en|carefully]], [[m|en|cautiously]], deliberately.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnsīderātus]]

+ * [[cōnsīderō]]

+ * [[incōnsīderātē]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}