A.advice or counsel given, esp. in public affairs, Hdt.3.125, 4.97, al., X.Mem.1.3.4, Cyr.1.6.2; ἡ Περιάνδρου Θρασυβούλῳ ς. Arist.Pol.1284a27; advice of an oracle, ἡ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος ς. SIG633.19 (Milet., ii B.C.), cf. 590.14 (ibid., ii B.C.): pl., counsels, X.Cyr.1.6.2, D.19.5, etc.
III. prescription, recipe for a charm, Cyran.16.