comitia
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English
Etymology
From Latin comitium (“assembly”).
Noun
comitia (plural comitia)
- (historical) A popular legislative assembly in ancient Rome.
Translations
a popular legislative assembly in ancient Rome
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From the plural of comitium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /koˈmi.ti.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈmit.t͡si.a/,
Noun
comitia n pl (genitive comitiōrum); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | comitia |
| genitive | comitiōrum |
| dative | comitiīs |
| accusative | comitia |
| ablative | comitiīs |
| vocative | comitia |
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References
- “comitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “comitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- comitia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- comitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to hold a meeting of the people: comitia habere
- meetings for the election of officers: comitia magistratibus creandis
- to hold a meeting of the people: comitia habere
- “comitia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- comitia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “comitia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin