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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''incōnsultē''' (comparative ''incōnsultius'', superlative ''incōnsultissimē'')^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ Lewis & Short also give an adverb ''incōnsultō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|incōnsultus|-ē|t1=ill-advised, rash]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010) That adjective is made from [[m|la|cōnsultus]], from [[m|la|cōnsulō|t=to deliberate]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*kom-se/ol-e/o-|t=to consult]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero has it first,^(Köbler 2010) as ''incōnsultē ac temere'', “rashly and heedlessly”.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means without due thought, rashly, incautiously.^(OLD 2012) Livy has many things said and done rashly, and pairs it with ''incautē'' and ''audācter'', in contrast with ''cōnsultē et timidē''.^(Georges 1913) Caesar has the comparative, of advancing too rashly,^(Georges 1913) and Tacitus also uses it.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, “rashly and heedlessly”.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of rash words and deeds.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Without due thought, [[m|en|rashly]], inadvisedly, [[m|en|incautiously]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[incōnsultus]]

+ * [[cōnsultē]]

+ * [[cōnsulō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}