consultum Latin · revision 9506

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la cōnsulō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈsʊɫ.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈsul.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsultum''' ''n'' (genitive cōnsultī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[cōnsultus]], perfect participle of [[cōnsulō]] “to deliberate, decide”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Gaffiot cites his ''facta et cōnsulta'' “deeds and designs”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a decision, resolution, plan, as in Cicero and Livy, and an oracle's response, as in Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was a resolution, decree.^(Stelten 1995) The adverb [[cōnsultō]] “deliberately” belongs with it.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of an oracle.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a resolution.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A decision, [[m|en|resolution]], plan; a [[m|en|decree]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # An oracular response.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[senātūscōnsultum]]

+ * [[cōnsultē]]

+ * [[cōnsultō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnsulō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}