_consilium est_ c. Inf. or _ut_—my intention is...
_id sequor, ut_—my intention is...
_spectare aliquid_ or _ad aliquid_—to have an object in view.
_res eo spectat, ut_—the matter tends towards..., has this object.[1]
_res spectat ad vim (arma)_—there seems a prospect of armed violence;
things look like violence.
_id quod voluit consecutus est_—he attained his object.
_ad id quod voluit pervenit_—he attained his object.
_quid tibi vis?_—what do you mean to do?
_quid hoc sibi vult?_—what is the meaning of this?
_quid hoc rei est?_—what is the meaning of this?
_eo consilio, ea mente, ut_—with the intention of...
_de industria, dedita opera_ (opp. _imprudens_)—designedly;
intentionally.
_ad id ipsum_[2]—with this very object.
_infecta re_ (Liv. 9. 32)—to no purpose; ineffectually.
_moram alicui rei afferre, inferre, facere_—to retard, delay a thing.
_in mora alicui esse_—to detain a person.
_nullam moram interponere, quin_ (Phil. 10. 1. 1)—to make all possible
haste to...
_sine mora_ or _nulla mora interposita_—without delay.
_diem ex die ducere, differre_—to put off from one day to another.
[1] Note _Athenae a Persis petutuntur_, the object of the Persian
invasion is Athens (Nep. Them. 2. 6).
[2] The aim, tendency of a writing or a poem is _consilium, quo liber
scriptus est, quo carmen compositum est_, or _quod quis in libro
scribendo secutus est_, not _consilium libri_.