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contĭuncŭla , ae, f. dim. contio,
I.a short harangue, a trifling speech (only in the foll. passages): “oratorem excludi ab omni doctrina, ac tantum in judicia et contiunculas tamquam in aliquod pistrinum detrudi,” Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 46; id. Att. 2, 16, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.16.1
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.11
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