com-mĕdĭtor

dē-lībĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [de and libro, libra; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 74, 1 Müll.: deliberare a libella, qua quid perpenditur dictum], to weigh well in one's mind, to consider maturely, deliberate respecting a thing; to take counsel, consult, advise upon (freq. and class.; for syn. cf. cogito, agito, volvo, reputo, perpendo, meditor, commentor, consulo).

Prop.

In gen.:

re deliberata, post diem tertium ad Caesarem reversuros,

Caes. B. G. 4, 9; so,

re deliberata,

id. B. C. 1, 10:

delibera hoc, dum ego redeo,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 42:

de summa rerum deliberare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 30:

de geographia etiam atque etiam,

Cic. Att. 2, 7:

de necanda filia,

Suet. Aug. 65:

de singulis articulis temporum,

id. Claud. 4 al.:

deliberare Velitne an non,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 58:

utrum... an (with concoquere),

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45:

an recipiat,

Quint. 7, 1, 24; cf.:

quando incipiendum sit,

id. 12, 6, 3:

ego amplius deliberandum censeo,

Ter. Ph. 2, 4, 17; so absol., Caes. B. G. 1, 7 fin.; Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9; Quint. 3, 8, 35 sq.; Vulg. 2 Reg. 21, 13 al.:

cum aliquo de salute fortunisque alicujus,

Cic. Att. 11, 3; Liv. 32, 34; cf.:

cum judicibus quasi deliberamus,

Quint. 9, 2, 21:

cum cupiditate id est cum animi levissima parte deliberat,

takes counsel of, Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115:

cum materia,

Quint. 3, 7, 16:

cum causis,

id. 7, 10, 10:

cum re praesenti,

id. 9, 4, 117.— Pass. impers.:

deliberatur de Avarico in communi concilio, incendi placeret an defendi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 15, 3:

ut utri potissimum consulendum sit deliberetur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 174 al. — Prov.:

deliberando saepe perit occasio,

Pub. Syr. 140 (Rib.):

deliberandum est saepe, statuendum est semel,

id. 132.—

In partic.

(Like consulo, no. I. B. 1.) To consult an oracle (only in Nepos):

ex his delecti Delphos deliberatum missi sunt... his consulentibus, etc.,

Nep. Milt. 1, 2:

so with consulere,

id. Them. 2, 6.—

Pass. impers.: deliberari, to be maturely discussed, hence to be in doubt, usually with potest, non potest, etc.:

ex eo deliberari poterit, ducenda necne alvus sit,

Cels. 3, 13, § 12:

neque maneatis aut abeatis deliberari potest,

i. e. you must certainly go away, Liv. 7, 35, 8:

M. Aemilius, qui pejor an ignavior sit, deliberari non potest,

Sall. Hist. Fr. 1, 48, 3. Cf.: nemo deliberat, no one doubts, etc., Min. Fel. 35, 4. —

Meton. (causa pro effectu), to resolve, determine, after deliberation (rare in the verb. finit.; usually in the part. perf., with inf. or acc. and inf.):

quod iste certe statuerat ac deliberaverat non adesse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1: (Cleopatra) deliberata morte ferocior, * Hor. Od. 1, 37, 29: certum ac deliberatum est me illis obsequi, Turpil. ap. Non. 282, 11, and 429, 21;

so with certum,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

cum mihi deliberatum et constitutum sit ita gerere consulatum, etc.,

id. Agr. 1, 8, 25:

sic habuisti statutum cum animo ac deliberatum, omnes judices reicere,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 41: deliberatum est non tacere amplius, Afran. ap. Interpr. Verg. A. 10, 564.—Hence, dēlībĕrātus, a, um, P. a., resolved upon, determined, certain (rare):

neque illi quicquam deliberatius fuit quam me... evertere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 8:

instructius deliberatiusque,

Gell. 1, 13, 9.