deliberavi

Deliberavi is the first person singular perfect active indicative form of the Latin verb deliberare, meaning to deliberate, weigh, or consider. The infinitive is deliberare, and deliberare belongs to the first conjugation. The perfect tense expresses a completed action in the past and is commonly translated as “I deliberated” or “I have deliberated,” depending on the context. The passive participle is deliberatus, and the standard principal parts are deliberare, deliberavi, deliberatum.

In usage, deliberare denotes the act of weighing options, considering possible courses of action, or discussing a matter in order to reach a decision. It appears in narrative and argumentative Latin to depict decision-making processes. For example, a sentence such as Deliberavi de re magni momenti can be translated as “I deliberated about the matter of great importance.”

Grammatical notes: deliberavi is an isolated finite form limited to the first person singular of the perfect indicative. Latin writers often combine deliberare with subordinate clauses to express indirect questions or purpose related to the decision being considered. The same verb yields related forms across tenses, voices, and moods, all sharing the same semantic core of weighing and choosing.

See also: deliberare, deliberation, Latin verbs of the first conjugation.