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dēlībĕrātĭo , ōnis, f. id.,
I.a deliberation, consultation, consideration (a Ciceron. word; elsewhere very rare).
I. In gen.: “ad deliberationes eas, quas habebat domi de republica, principes civitatis adhibebat,” Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 2; id. Off. 3, 12, 50: “inciditur omnis jam deliberatio, si intellegitur non posse fieri,” id. de Or. 2, 82, 336: “id quod in deliberationem cadit,” id. Off. 1, 3, 9: “habet res deliberationem,” needs consideration, id. Att. 7, 3, 3: “consilii capiendi,” respecting the resolution to be adopted, id. Off. 1, 3, 9; cf. “officii,” id. Att. 8, 15, 2 et saep.: “neque recte an perperam (factum) interpretor: fuerit ista ejus deliberatio, qui bellum suscepit,” Liv. 1, 23; Quint. 3, 8, 10. —
II. Esp. in rhetor. lang. i. q. causa deliberativa, Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; id. de Or. 1, 6, 22; Quint. 2, 21, 18.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 7.3.3
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 8.15.2
    • Cicero, Philippics, 1.1.2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.6
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.82
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 23
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.3
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.12
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 21.18
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 8.10
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.9
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