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Latin
Etymology
Contraction of conventiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
cōntiō f (genitive cōntiōnis); third declension
- a meeting, assembly
- Synonyms: coitiō, concilium, congressus, concursus, coetus, conventus
- a speech, oration or discourse before a public assembly
- Synonym: oratio
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “contio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contio 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)
- contio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to address a meeting of the people: verba facere apud populum, in contione
- to mount the rostra: in contionem (in rostra) escendere (only of Romans)
- to summon an assembly of the people: contionem advocare (Sall. Iug. 33. 3)
- to harangue the soldiers: contionem habere apud milites
- “contio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “contio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin