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contĭo (less correctly concĭo ), ōnis, f. contr. from conventio, for which COVENTIO is written in S. C. Bacch.; v. conventio, and cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 43 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 38, 4, and p. 113, 10 Müll.,
I.a meeting, assembly that is called together by a magistrate or priest (cf.: contio significat conventum, non tamen alium quam eum qui a magistratu vel a sacerdote publico per praeconem convocatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 38, 4; cf. contionor—In good prose).
I. Prop.: “advocat contionem, habet orationem talem consul,Cic. Sest. 12, 28; so, “advocare contionem,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80, § 185; Sall. C. 57, 5; id. J. 33, 3; Liv. 8, 31, 1; Suet. Claud. 22 et saep.: “advocare contionem populi,Sall. J. 84, 5: “militum,Caes. B. C. 2, 32: “advocare populum in contionem,Liv. 42, 33, 2: “ad contionem advocavit,id. 4, 1, 6: “plebem ad contionem vocare,id. 2, 2, 4; cf. Suet. Calig. 48: “me in vestram contionem evocaverunt,Cic. Agr. 3, 4, 16: “convocatis ad contionem militibus,Suet. Caes. 66: “contionem habere,to hold a meeting, Liv. 29, 21, 7 (cf.: “contionem habere, II. infra): in contione dicere,Cic. Or. 63, 213 sq.; of. id. ib. 50, 168; and id. de Or. 2, 59, 242: “in contionem populi prodire,Nep. Them. 1, 3: quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 4; cf. “so in opp. to the Senate,Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.: “laudare aliquem pro contione,before the people, Sall. J. 8, 2; Liv. 7, 7, 3; 7, 10, 14 al.; Quint. 2, 4, 33; 4, 4, 8 al.: “nunc in mille curias contionesque dispersam et dissipatam esse rempublicam,Liv. 2, 28, 4; 2, 23, 5: “contio conventusque,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 110: “contio, quae ex imperitissimis constat,id. Lael. 25, 95: “togata et urbana,Liv. 45, 37, 8: “turbulentae,Quint. 5, 13, 39; cf.: “in illis fluctibus contionum,id. 8, 6, 48; and: “contionum procellae,id. 8, 6, 7: “stabant pro contione legiones destrictis gladiis,in the manner of an assembly, Tac. A. 1, 44 Draeg. ad loc.—
B. A place for speaking, a tribune, rostrum; mostly in the phrases in contionem ascendere or escendere: “cum magistratum inieris et in contionem ascenderis,Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 74; id. Att. 4, 2, 3: “in contionem escendit,Liv. 2, 7, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.; 3, 49, 4; “5, 50, 8: Perseus in contionem processit Philippum secum filium habens,id. 44, 45, 8; cf.: contionem tria significare: locum suggestumque unde verba fierent, ... coetum populi adsistentis, item orationem ipsam, Verr. Fl. ap. Gell. 18, 7, 7.
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