council Copy link Outline 1. concĭlium (usually a large body, as distinguished from consilium, which denotes a more select body)2. consĭlium3. (a c. of war) • council: 1. concĭlium (usually a large body, as distinguished from consilium, which denotes a more select body): to hold a c., c. habere, Pl.: to summon a c., c. vocare, Virg.: to dismiss a c., c. dimittere, Caes.: a general c., c. oecumenicum, Eccl. 2. consĭlium: v. supr. (esp. a deliberative assembly): with the aid of his c. (i. e. the judices) he investigates the cause, cum consilio causam cognoscit, Cic.: Galba, having quickly summoned a c., began to ask for their opinions, Galba, c. celeriter convocato, sententias exquirere coepit: Caes.: Liv.: a more august c. ("privy-c."), sanctius c. Liv. 30, 16. 3. (a c. of war): praetōrium (so named from the place of its meeting): Liv.