cōnsilium

From cōnsulō +‎ -ium. Compare cōnsidium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈsi.li.um/, [kõːˈs̠ɪlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈsi.li.um/, [konˈsiːlium]

Noun

cōnsilium n (genitive cōnsiliī or cōnsilī); second declension

1. plan, intention, design, purpose [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]

   Synonyms: voluntās, intentiō, propositum, fīnis, animus, mēns

   capere consilium/ inire consilium ― to take a resolution, to determine to perform a plan

2. counsel, advice [ quotations ▼]
3. determination, resolve, resolution
4. council, advisory body
5. judgment, wisdom
6. measure (i.e., course of action)
7. device, stratagem (esp. in battle)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnsilium	cōnsilia
Genitive	cōnsiliī cōnsilī1	cōnsiliōrum
Dative	cōnsiliō	cōnsiliīs
Accusative	cōnsilium	cōnsilia
Ablative	cōnsiliō	cōnsiliīs
Vocative	cōnsilium	cōnsilia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).