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

Noun

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 ultimum ― final decree of the Senate

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnsultum	cōnsulta
Genitive	cōnsultī	cōnsultōrum
Dative	cōnsultō	cōnsultīs
Accusative	cōnsultum	cōnsulta
Ablative	cōnsultō	cōnsultīs
Vocative	cōnsultum	cōnsulta

Derived terms

• cōnsultē
• cōnsultō
• senātūscōnsultum

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)