I.agreement, accordance, unanimity, concord (class.; esp. freq. in prose).
I. Prop.: “numquam major vester consensus in ullā causā fuit,” Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 12: “quod si omnium consensus naturae vox est,” id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35; Caes. B. G. 2, 28; 2, 29; 7, 4 al.: “tantus senatus,” Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1; cf. Tac. A. 13, 26; Suet. Calig. 14: “legionis ad rem publicam recuperandam,” Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 7: “optimatum,” Nep. Dion, 6, 3: “patrum,” Tac. A. 15, 73: “consilii totius Galliae,” Caes. B. G. 7, 29: “conspirans horum (fratrum),” Cic. Lig. 12, 34: “civitatis,” Liv. 9, 7, 15; Cic. Quint. 5, 3: “bonorum,” Quint. 1, 6, 45: “eruditorum,” id. 10, 1, 130: “grammaticorum,” id. 10, 1, 53: “deorum hominumque,” Tac. H. 1, 15: “aevi,” Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 72: “filiorum adversus patres,” Sen. Contr 2, 9, 22: “optimo in rem publicam consensu libertatem defendere,” Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46: “inter malos ad bellum,” Tac. H. 1, 54 fin.; cf. id. ib. 1, 26: “ex communi consensu aliquid ab aliquo petere,” Caes. B. G. 1, 30; so, “repentino maximoque,” Suet. Aug. 58: “ingenti,” id. Dom. 13; “opp. dissensus,” Claud. B. Gild. 300; Dig. 46, 3, 80.—Absol.: “aliquid apud Chattos in consensum vertit,” has become a general custom, Tac. G. 31.—
b. Consensu, among the histt. after the Aug. per. freq. adv., unanimously, with general consent, according to the general wish, etc.: “comitiorum illi habendorum, quando minimus natu sit, munus consensu inpingunt,” Liv. 3, 35, 7; and 3, 36, 5; 24, 37, 11; Tac. H. 1, 16; 1, 55; Suet. Aug. 57; id. Tib. 1: “cum ipsi invisum consensu imperium ... interpretarentur,” Liv. 3, 38, 10.—
B. In a bad sense, a plot, conspiracy: “audacium,” Cic. Sest 40. 86.—
II. Transf., of inanimate objects, agreement, harmony, synpathy (class.): quā ex conjunctione naturae et quasi concentu atque consensu, quam συμπαθειαν Graeci appellant, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 34; cf. id. N. D. 3, 11, 28: “concentusque mirus omnium doctrinarum,” id. de Or. 3, 6, 21: “consensus et conspiratió virtutum,” id. Fin. 5, 23, 66: “duorum antecedentium,” Quint. 5, 14, 6.—
B. A common feeling, common life: neque enim poterunt (animae et corpora) suptiliter esse Conexae neque consensus contagia fient, Lucr 3, 740.
