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conspīrātĭo , ōnis, f. 1. conspiro, prop.
I.a blowing or breathing together. *
I. Lit., of unison in wind instruments: “canentium,” Col. 12, 2, 4.—Far more freq.,
II. Trop., an agreement in feeling or opinion, union, unanimity, concord, harmony.
A. In a good sense: “conspiratione hominum atque consensu,” Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16: “bonorum omnium,” id. Cat. 4, 10, 22: “optimatium,” Suet. Caes. 15: omnium ordinum ad defendendam libertatem (with concordia), Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 3: “(amici) quantā amoris conspiratione consentientis,” Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 65: “conspiratio consensusque virtutum,” id. ib. 5, 23, 66: “in re publicā bene gerendā,” id. Dom. 11, 28: “civitatium,” Just. 34, 1, 1. —
B. In a bad sense, a plotting, plot, mutiny, conspiracy, Cic. Scaur. 10, 20; 16, 37; id. Deiot. 4, 11; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, a, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 9; 12, 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 19; id. Calig. 56 et saep.—
III. Meton., the conspirators, body of conspirators: “cum tota ejus conspiratio late quaereretur,” Val. Max. 4, 7, 2.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 11.13
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 12.15.3
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 4.10.22
    • Cicero, For Aemilius Scaurus, 10.20
    • Cicero, For King Deiotarius, 4.11
    • Cicero, On his House, 11.28
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 19
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 56
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 15
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.20
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 2.5
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 1.9
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 7.2
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 4.7.2
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