advice Copy link Outline I. Counsel1. consĭlĭum. we give good a. to the sick, recta consilia aegrotis damus, Ter.2. auctōrĭtas (only of that given by persons of influence)II. Information, q. v. • advice: I. Counsel: 1. consĭlĭum. we give good a. to the sick, recta consilia aegrotis damus, Ter.: we will give you what shall seem to us to be the soundest a. on the subject about which you have written to us, quod verissimum nobis videbitur de eo quod ad nos scripsisti tibi c. dabimus, Cic.: honest (or sincere) a., c. fidele, Cic.: I have followed your a., tuum c. secutus sum, Cic.: in the letter you ask for my a., literis a me c. petis, Cic.: the lad complied with my a., puer meis c. paruit, Cic.: also, to follow any one's a., alicujus c. uti, obtemperare, Cic.: by my a., de meo c., Cic.: consilio meo, Ter. 2. auctōrĭtas (only of that given by persons of influence): the a. of Regulus had prevailed, Reguli a. valuerat, Cic.: Caes. Phr.: to ask a. of, consŭlo (v. to consult): to give a., suādeo (v. to advise): to give a. to those who ask for it on a point of law, de jure consulentibus respondere, Cic.: Tac.: to adopt a plan on the a. of an enemy, auctore hoste consilium capere, Caes.: v. to advise. II. Information, q. v.