consilire

Consilire is a form that appears in some marginal Latin texts or later handwritings, but it is not established as a standard Latin verb in classical or medieval lexica. The verb normally used to convey “to advise, to consult, to take counsel” is consulere. In Latin, consulere covers both the act of consulting others and the act of giving or seeking advice, with uses spanning legal, political, and personal contexts. The supposed form consilire is therefore generally treated as a nonstandard variant, a scribal error, or a late Latin/vernacular coinage rather than a distinct entry in the Latin verb system.

If encountered in a text, consilire would require corroboration from manuscript evidence, and its intended meaning would be uncertain. It may reflect an attempt to form an -ire verb from the root consilium, or simply a copyist’s deviation from consulere. It should not be assumed to have a fixed, classical set of meanings independent from consulere.

Related terms include consilium (counsel, plan), consiliarius (counselor), and conciliare (to reconcile), the latter being etymologically distinct from consulere. In English-language discussions of Latin, the familiar cognate verb is to counsel, derived from consulere, not consilire.

See also: consulere; consilium; consiliarius; conciliare.