Latin noun
consilium
consilium, consiliī n.
consilium is a Latin noun. In the 4 analysed lines it was read in, it means “a plan” (once), “counsel” (once), “of counsel” (once) and “plans” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from consilium to the words it goes with.
Patere tua consilia non sentis, constrictam iam horum omnium scientia teneri coniurationem tuam non vides?
Do you not perceive that your plans lie open, do you not see that your conspiracy is now held bound by the knowledge of all these men?
consilia: subject of Patere.
Inde consilium mihi pauca de Augusto et extrema tradere, mox Tiberii principatum et cetera, sine ira et studio, quorum causas procul habeo.
Then it is my plan to relate a few things about Augustus and his final acts, and then Tiberius's principate and the rest, without anger and partisanship, the causes of which I keep far away.
consilium: the core of the sentence.
Multitudinem finitimorum in civitatem recepit, centum ex senioribus legit, quorum consilio omnia ageret, quos senatores nominavit propter senectutem.
He received a multitude of neighbors into the state, chose one hundred from the elders, by whose counsel he would do all things, and named them senators on account of their old age.
consilio: tells how, where or when about ageret.
Quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris, ubi fueris, quos convocaveris, quid consili ceperis quem nostrum ignorare arbitraris?
Whom of us do you think is ignorant of what you did last night, what you did the night before, where you were, whom you called together, what counsel you took?
consili: goes with quid (“of …”).
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| consili | Genitive · Singular · Neuter | 1 |
| consilia | Accusative · Plural · Neuter | 1 |
| consilio | Ablative · Singular · Neuter | 1 |
| consilium | Nominative · Singular · Neuter | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to consilium by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the genitiveThe Latin genitive ties one noun to another, where English says “of” or adds ’s. Its uses and endings, with real lines from the story of Perseus and Genesis.
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the ablativeThe Latin ablative says by what, with what, from where and in what respect. Its main uses and endings, with real lines from Caesar, Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.