consultum

Latin

Etymology

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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈsul.tum/, [kõːˈs̠ʊɫ̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈsul.tum/, [konˈsul̪t̪um]

Noun

cōnsultum n (genitive cōnsultī); second declension

a response by an oracle to the consultation or inquiry of a deity
a decree, decision, resolution, plan, action taken, or measure adopted
senatus consultum ultimum ― final decree of the Senate

Declension

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

References

“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)