dē-lībĕro — Lewis & Short
dē-lībĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.de and libro, libra; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 1 Müll.: deliberare a libella, qua quid perpenditur dictum,
I to weigh well in one's mind, to consider maturely, deliberate respecting a thing; to take counsel, consult, advise upon (freq. and class.; for syn. cf. cogito, agito, volvo, reputo, perpendo, meditor, commentor, consulo).
I Prop.
A In gen.:
re deliberata, post diem tertium ad Caesarem reversuros,Caes. B. G. 4, 9; so,
re deliberata,id. B. C. 1, 10:
delibera hoc, dum ego redeo,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42:
de summa rerum deliberare,Caes. B. C. 2, 30:
de geographia etiam atque etiam,Cic. Att. 2, 7:
de necanda filia,Suet. Aug. 65:
de singulis articulis temporum,id. Claud. 4 al.:
deliberare Velitne an non,Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 58:
utrum ... an (with concoquere),Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45:
an recipiat,Quint. 7, 1, 24; cf.:
quando incipiendum sit,id. 12, 6, 3:
ego amplius deliberandum censeo,Ter. Ph. 2, 4, 17; so absol., Caes. B. G. 1, 7 fin.; Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9; Quint. 3, 8, 35 sq.; Vulg. 2 Reg. 21, 13 al.:
cum aliquo de salute fortunisque alicujus,Cic. Att. 11, 3; Liv. 32, 34; cf.:
cum judicibus quasi deliberamus,Quint. 9, 2, 21:
cum cupiditate id est cum animi levissima parte deliberat,takes counsel of, Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115:
cum materia,Quint. 3, 7, 16:
cum causis,id. 7, 10, 10:
cum re praesenti,id. 9, 4, 117.—Pass. impers.:
deliberatur de Avarico in communi concilio, incendi placeret an defendi,Caes. B. G. 7, 15, 3:
ut utri potissimum consulendum sit deliberetur,Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 174 al. —Prov.:
deliberando saepe perit occasio,Pub. Syr. 140 (Rib.):
deliberandum est saepe, statuendum est semel,id. 132.—
B In partic.
1 (Like consulo, no. I. B. 1.) To consult an oracle (only in Nepos):
ex his delecti Delphos deliberatum missi sunt ... his consulentibus, etc.,Nep. Milt. 1, 2:
so with consulere,id. Them. 2, 6.—
2 Pass. impers.: deliberari, to be maturely discussed, hence to be in doubt, usually with potest, non potest, etc.:
ex eo deliberari poterit, ducenda necne alvus sit,Cels. 3, 13, § 12:
neque maneatis aut abeatis deliberari potest,i. e. you must certainly go away, Liv. 7, 35, 8:
M. Aemilius, qui pejor an ignavior sit, deliberari non potest,Sall. Hist. Fr. 1, 48, 3. Cf.: nemo deliberat, no one doubts, etc., Min. Fel. 35, 4. —
II Meton. (causa pro effectu), to resolve, determine, after deliberation (rare in the verb. finit.; usually in the part. perf., with inf. or acc. and inf.):
quod iste certe statuerat ac deliberaverat non adesse,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1: (Cleopatra) deliberata morte ferocior, * Hor. Od. 1, 37, 29: certum ac deliberatum est me illis obsequi, Turpil. ap. Non. 282, 11, and 429, 21;
so with certum,Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:
cum mihi deliberatum et constitutum sit ita gerere consulatum, etc.,id. Agr. 1, 8, 25:
sic habuisti statutum cum animo ac deliberatum, omnes judices reicere,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41: deliberatum est non tacere amplius, Afran. ap. Interpr. Verg. A. 10, 564.—Hence, dēlībĕrātus, a, um, P. a., resolved upon, determined, certain (rare):
neque illi quicquam deliberatius fuit quam me ... evertere,Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 8:
instructius deliberatiusque,Gell. 1, 13, 9.