consideration Copy link Outline I. The act of considering1. consīdĕrātio2. contemplātio3. circumspectio (careful looking about one)II. Regard1. rătio (usu. with gen. and after hăbeo)2. respectus, ūsIII. DeliberationIV. Some degree of importance1. hŏnestas2. auctōrĭtas3. amplĭtūdoV. Ground1. rătio2. Expr. by neut. of adj.; esp. in pl.VI. A payment • consideration: I. The act of considering: 1. consīdĕrātio: the c. of nature, c. naturae, Cic. 2. contemplātio: this is a subject most deserving of great and careful c., haec res est magna et diligente c. dignissima, Cic. 3. circumspectio (careful looking about one): Cic. Or expr. by verb: v. to consider. Phr.: c. is needed in choosing marriage connexions, in conditionibus deligendis ponendus calculus est, Plin. Ep. II. Regard: 1. rătio (usu. with gen. and after hăbeo): to have c. for the wounded and sick, sauciorum et aegrorum r. habere, Cic.: to have no c. for anyone's dignity or convenience, alicujus vel dignitatis vel commodi r. non habere, Cic. 2. respectus, ūs: to show c. for any thing: alicujus rei r. habere, Cic. (also of persons, ad aliquem, Cic..: v. regard, respect. Phr.: in c. of, out of c. for: the former may be expr. by propter, ergo: as, in c. of distinguished service, singularis meriti ergo, egregia propter merita: v. account of, on: the latter, often by dat.: as, the past he says he forgives out of c. for his brother Divitiacus, praeterita Divitiaco fratri se condonare dicit, Caes.: Cic.: so with remitto, Cic.: also expr. by gratiâ: = for the sake of (q. v.). III. Deliberation: there is need of careful c., consulto opus est, Sall.: the subs. deliberatio is also used: v. deliberation. IV. Some degree of importance: 1. hŏnestas: deprived of his c., honestate spoliatus, Cic.: a favourer of the rabble from hatred of the c. enjoyed by others, fautor infimi generis hominum odio alienae h., Liv. 2. auctōrĭtas: v. influence. 3. amplĭtūdo: v. distinction. V. Ground: 1. rătio: there are not wanting in this place an abundance of c.s (reasons), non deest hoc loco copia rationum, Cic.: to this resolution, the following c., along with other reasons, brought them, ad eam sententiam, cum reliquis causis, haec quoque r. eos deduxit, Caes. 2. Expr. by neut. of adj.; esp. in pl.: these c.s induced him to, etc., *haec eum eo deduxerunt ut, etc. Phr.: from all these c.s, quae cum ita sint, Caes.: Cic. VI. A payment: compensātio, merces, prĕtium: v. payment, compensation.
CONSIDERATION Copy link • CONSIDERATIONreflection, examination, deliberatio (mature consideration what resolution to take; Vid: Cic., Att., 8, 15, 2; Off., 1, 3, 9): consultatio (with others): cogitatio (meditation): aestimatio (reflection; e.g., aestimatio in locum irae successit, anger gave way to consideration, Justin, 12, 6, 5): judicium (e.g., judicio facere aliquid, to do anything with consideration): the matter requires consideration, res cadit in deliberationem; res est consilii: we must take the matter into further consideration, rem amplius deliberandam esse censui: After mature or due consideration, re consulta et explorata: re diligenter perpensa or considerata: inita subductaque ratione: circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis: with consideration, consilio: consulte (not consulto, which means with a premeditated purpose): considerate: remota, temeritate; after mature consideration, bono consilio (e.g., to do anything, facere aliquid): without consideration, sine consilio: inconsiderate: temere: a person who acts with consideration, homo consideratus: who acts without consideration, homo inconsideratus or inconsultus: to require a good deal of consideration, multae cogitationis esse: to have no consideration, nulla cogitatione esse: imprudentem, or inconsideratum, or inconsultum, or temerarium esse: nullius consilii esse: not to take anything into consideration, rationem alicujus rei nullam habere: to examine anything with the greatest consideration, exactissimo judicio examinare aliquid. [Vid: also To CONSIDER.] Moment, respectus: momentum, discrimen: to be a consideration of importance, magni momenti esse: magni referre: a consideration of great importance, res gravissima, or summa, or maxima: res magni momenti or discriminis. [Vid :, also, IMPORTANCE.] Weight, authority, vis: gravitas: a person of great consideration, homo, in quo summa auctoritas est atque amplitudo (as statesman): homo gravis (general term for one who is looked up to): to be of consideration, gravem esse (of persons and things): to be a person of some consideration, aliquo numero atque honore esse, aliquo loco et numero esse: it is a matter of consideration, res habet gravitatem: to be of no consideration, millius ponderis esse: ponderis nihil habere (of things): tenui or nulla, auctoritate esse (of persons). Regard, respectus (PROP. a retrospective glance; hence retrospection with the mind, as it were): ratio (in taking any measures): to take a person or thing into consideration, respectum habere ad aliquem: respicere aliquem or aliquid: rationem habere alicujus or alicujus rei: rationem ducere alicujus rei: to take one’s own interests into consideration, suam rationem ducere: de se cogitare: to have particular consideration for anybody or anything, alicujus or alicujus rei rationem diligenter habere: to have no consideration for, etc., negligere aliquem or aliquid: nihil curare aliquid: out of consideration for anybody (this is frequently expressed in Latin by the mere dative of the person for whom one shows that consideration): to pardon anybody, out of consideration for anybody, condonare aliquid alicui (e.g., animadversionem et supplicium, quo usurus eram in aliquem, remittere alicui et condonare, Vatin. in Cic., ad Div., 5, 10, 4): in consideration of these circumstances the people preferred, etc., haec respiciens populus maluit, etc., from the consideration that the enemy might cross in five days, quod diebus quinque hostis transire possit: without consideration for, sine respectu alicujus rei: nulla alicujus rei ratione habita: without consideration of persons, nullius ratione habita: delectu omni et discrimine omisso: omissis auctoritatibus: to act without any consideration for anybody, omnia ad libidinem suam facere: in consideration of this, ejus rei ratione habita; ejus rei respectu: eo quod (because). Motive, causa: ratio: to be induced by some consideration, aliquid or nonnihil sequi (in anything, in re; Vid: Cic., Off., 1, 11, 35; Beier, p. 81, and the following, Roscius, Am., 3, 8, Matthiae): from or for more than one consideration, aliquot de causis. Compensation, remuneratio: praemium or pretium (the latter in Gold Age for praemium honos: merces): to expect some consideration for one’s services from anybody, pretium meriti ab aliquo desiderare. Esteem, to treat anybody with great consideration, vereri: revereri aliquem: aliquem colere: tribuere alicui cultum: observare, honorare aliquem: reverentiam adhibere adversus aliquem or praestare.