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“deliberation” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

deliberation
deliberatio: consultatio: (The words are found in this connection and order.) deliberatio et consultatio: consideratio: reputatio [SYN. of verbs in To DELIBERATE]: the affair requires deliberation, habet res deliberationem; ea res venit or cadit in deliberationem (Cic.): to have time for deliberation, spatium deliberandi habere (Cic.): which requires further deliberation, quod majoris consilii est (Cic.): time for deliberation, deliberandi or consultandi spatium: to demand or ask for time for deliberation, tempus ad deliberandum or deliberandi causa sibi postulare: to ask a single day for deliberation, deliberandi sibi unum diem postulare: to take time for deliberation, consultandi or deliberandi spatium sumere: after mature deliberation, re consults et explorata; inita subductaque ratione; circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis; re deliberate (Caes.): to weigh a point with the most careful deliberation, exactissimo judicio examinare aliquid: without anything of due care and deliberation, temere et nullo consilio: temere ac nulla ratione: to speak and act with deliberation, circumspicere dicta factaque: to act with great deliberation, circumspectius facere aliquid. [Vid :, also, DELIBERATELY.] If = HESITATION or SLOWNESS, Vid: those words.

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What is the Latin word for deliberation?
The usual Latin words for “deliberation” are dēlīberātiō, cōnsultātiō, cōnsīderātiō; also rĕpŭtātĭo, dēlīberō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.