_in animo habeo_ or _mihi est in animo_ c. Inf.—I am resolved; it is
my intention.
_certum (mihi) est_—I am determined.
_certum deliberatumque est_—I am firmly resolved.
_stat mihi sententia_ (Liv. 21. 30.)—I am firmly resolved.
_incertus sum, quid consilii capiam_—I am undecided...
_mihi non constat_ (with indirect question)—I have not made up my mind.
_propositum est mihi_ c. Inf.—I intend, propose to...
_propositum, consilium tenere_ (opp. _a proposito deterreri_)—to abide
by one's resolution.
_propositum_[1] _assequi, peragere_—to carry out one's plan.
_magna sibi proponere_ or _magna spectare_—to have a high object in
view; to be ambitious.
_in incepto_ or _conatu perstare_—to persevere in one's resolve.
_in proposito susceptoque consilio permanere_—to persevere in one's
resolve.
_incepto_ or _conatu desistere_—to give up one's project.
_parare aliquid_—to take measures for...
_animum inducere_ c. Inf. (not _in animum inducere_)—to persuade
oneself to...
_a me impetrare non possum, ut_—I cannot bring myself to...
_descendere ad aliquid, ad omnia_ (_vid._ sect. V. 9, note _Similarly
descendere..._)—to consent to..., lend oneself to...
_descendere ad extrema consilia_ (Fam. 10. 33. 4)—to have recourse to
extreme measures.
[1] In classical prose _propositum_ is still semi-adjectival and has
not yet acquired all the functions of a substantive; consequently it
cannot be joined to a genitive, an adjective, or a pronoun. Cf. the
treatment of _factum, dictum_, etc., in Augustan Latin.