dē-līberō āvī, ātum, āre de + libra, to weigh well, consider maturely, deliberate, ponder, meditate, take counsel, consult, advise upon: re deliberatā, Cs.: hoc, T.: de summā rerum, Cs.: de bello: quid intersit suā: amplius deliberandum censeo, T.: diem ad deliberandum sumere, Cs.: cum cupiditate, take counsel of: deliberant, dum fingere nesciunt, Ta.: deliberatur, incendi placeret an defendi, Cs.: neque maneatis aut abeatis deliberari potest, i. e. there can be no hesitation, L.

—To consult (an oracle): Delphos deliberatum missi, N.: deliberantibus Pythia respondit, N.

—To resolve, determine: certe statuerat ac deliberaverat non adesse: si iam tibi deliberatum est quibus, etc.: sic habuisti cum animo deliberatum, reicere, etc.