Consilium abicere

Latin Construction

consilium abic|ere.

1. To abandon one's plan.

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 5.11:

Memmius autem aedificandi consilium abiecerat; sed erat Patroni iratus.

Now, Memmius had set aside his plan to build; but he was mad at Patro.

• βʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 16.7:

quae cum audissem, sine ulla dubitatione abieci consilium profectionis quo me hercule ne antea quidem delectabar.

When I had heard all that, I put aside, without any doubt, my plan for departure—which, I swear, I wasn't fond of even before that.