comitia

English

Etymology

From Latin comitium (“assembly”).

Noun

comitia (plural comitia)

1. (historical) A popular legislative assembly in ancient Rome.

Translations

a popular legislative assembly in ancient Rome

• Catalan: comicis (ca)
• French: comices (fr)
• Portuguese: comício (pt) m

See also

• comitia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• caimito, maiotic

Latin

Etymology

From the plural of comitium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koˈmi.ti.a/, [kɔˈmɪt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈmit.t͡si.a/, [koˈmit̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

comitia n pl (genitive comitiōrum); second declension

1. a comitia; a Roman assembly for elections

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	comitia
genitive	comitiōrum
dative	comitiīs
accusative	comitia
ablative	comitiīs
vocative	comitia

Related terms

• comitiālis
• comitiātus
• comitiō

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to hold a meeting of the people: comitia habere
    
  • meetings for the election of officers: comitia magistratibus creandis
    
• “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^[2], 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