consultatio: consilium (the taking counsel with one’s self or with others; the former as action): deliberatio (the careful consideration of what is to be done, or what resolution is to be taken, Cic., Off., 1. 3, 9; Att., 8, 15, 2). (the words are found in this connection and order), deliberatio et consultatio: to hold a consultation, consultare or deliberare: consilium habere de re; deliberationes habere de re (of several persons): to hold a consultation with anybody, deliberare, consultare cum aliquo (Cic.): to hold consultations on the state of the republic, deliberationes habere de republica (Cic.): to require any consultation, aliquam in deliberationem or consultationem res venit: to call or invite anybody to a consultation, aliquem adhibere in consilium or ad deliberationes (Cic.).