contio
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contraction of conventiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkoːn.ti.oː/, [ˈkoːn̪t̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.t͡si.o/, [ˈkɔnt̪͡s̪io]
Noun
[edit]cōntiō f (genitive cōntiōnis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | cōntiō | cōntiōnēs |
genitive | cōntiōnis | cōntiōnum |
dative | cōntiōnī | cōntiōnibus |
accusative | cōntiōnem | cōntiōnēs |
ablative | cōntiōne | cōntiōnibus |
vocative | cōntiō | cōntiōnēs |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle French: concion
References
[edit]- “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[1], 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
- to address a meeting of the people: verba facere apud populum, in contione
- “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[2], 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