senatus consultum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Senātūs cōnsultum
• Senātūscōnsultum
• senātūscōnsultum
• SC (abbreviation)
• s.c. (abbreviation)
• S.C. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From senātūs (genitive singular of senātūs) +‎ cōnsultum, literally “a decree of the senate”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seˈnaː.tuːs konˈsul.tum/, [s̠ɛˈnäːt̪uːs̠ kõːˈs̠ʊɫ̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈna.tus konˈsul.tum/, [seˈnäːt̪us konˈsul̪t̪um]

Noun

senātūs cōnsultum n (genitive senātūs cōnsultī); second declension

1. senatusconsult, a decree of the Senate

Declension

Indeclinable portion with a second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	senātūs cōnsultum	senātūs cōnsulta
genitive	senātūs cōnsultī	senātūs cōnsultōrum
dative	senātūs cōnsultō	senātūs cōnsultīs
accusative	senātūs cōnsultum	senātūs cōnsulta
ablative	senātūs cōnsultō	senātūs cōnsultīs
vocative	senātūs cōnsultum	senātūs cōnsulta

Further reading

• “senatus consultum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press