senatus consultum

American  

[se-nah-toos kawn-sool-toom, suh-ney-tuhs kuhn-suhl-tuhm] / sɛˈnɑ tʊs kɔnˈsʊl tʊm, səˈneɪ təs kənˈsʌl təm /

noun

Latin.

• senatus consulta
  plural

1. a decree of the senate of ancient Rome.

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senatus consultum British  

/ səˈnɑːtəs kənˈsʊltəm /

noun

1. a decree of the Senate of ancient Rome, taking the form of advice to a magistrate

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• senatus consulta
  plural

Example Sentences

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senatus consultum

A part of the territory of Liguria and Cisalpine Gaul was confiscated and a senatus consultum ordered a distribution of this land to the commons.

From Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic by Andrew Stephenson

In legislative measures, a senatus consultum was brought before the people by the consul, or the senator who originated the measure, after it had previously been exhibited in public for seventeen days.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord

The practice seems to have been, in case of tribunician veto, to take the vote, which remained as an auctoritas senatus, but was not a senatus consultum unless the tribune was induced to withdraw.

From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh

Within three days a senatus consultum was ready recommending the desired change to another plebiscite.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson

Opposition there could not fail to be, and in 161 a senatus consultum ordered all Greek philosophers and rhetoricians to leave the city.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various