deliberate (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Of persons or their actions; showing careful deliberation1. consīdĕrātus2. circumspectusII. Only of acts; deliberately resolved on, premeditated1. consīdĕrātus (of what has been carefully considered)2. cōgĭtātus3. dēlībĕrātusIII. Slow1. lentus2. tardus or perh. tardior (see Gr. § 351) • deliberate (adj.): I. Of persons or their actions; showing careful deliberation: 1. consīdĕrātus: Caesar had become more slow and d., Caesar tardior et deliberatior factus erat, Hirt.: to call a man slow instead of d., tardum pro considerato vocare (of Fabius), Liv. 22, 39, fin. 2. circumspectus: Suet. (opp. to inconsultus, praeceps): v. circumspect. II. Only of acts; deliberately resolved on, premeditated: 1. consīdĕrātus (of what has been carefully considered): Cic. 2. cōgĭtātus: Join: meditatum et cogitatum (scelus), Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 85. 3. dēlībĕrātus: Hor. Od. 1, 37, fin. (See the place.) Phr.: d. injuries, injuriae quae nocendi causa de industria inferuntur, Cic. Off. 1, 7, 24: by d. choice or discretion, delectu aut sapientia, Cic. Planc. 4, 9: it is my d. intention, certum est, certum est deliberatumque (foll. by inf.), Cic.: Ter. III. Slow: 1. lentus: a very d. (drawling) speaker, l. in dicendo, Cic.: a d. judge, judex l. est consideratus, Cic. fr. 2. tardus or perh. tardior (see Gr. § 351): v. slow.