s election

    centurionātus ūs, m    [2 centurio], an election of centurions, Ta.

    cooptātiō ōnis, f    [coopto], an election to office, appointment, choice: collegiorum: censoria, by the censors: in Patres, L.

    ēlēctiō ōnis, f    [electus], a choice, selection: verborum: condicionum, of alternatives, L.: legatorum, Ta.

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    comitia ōrum, n    [plur. of comitium], the Roman people in assembly, comitia curiata, of the patricians, held in the comitium, mainly to ratify or veto decrees of the senate: comitia fierent regi creando, L.; later only for taking the auspices, C. —Centuriata, the general assembly of the Roman people (usu. in the Campus Martius, instituted by Servius Tullius, and continued throughout the republic): consularia, for electing consuls: edicere comitia consulibus creandis, L. — Tributa, usu. in the Forum, but for choosing magistrates often in the Campus Martius, C., L.—Tribunicia, for electing tribunes of the plebs, L.: quaestoria. — An election: comitiis factis.

    comitiālis e, adj.    [comitia], of an election, proper for comitia: dies, L.: biduum, Cs.: mensis. I II

    cōnsul ulis, m    [com-+2 SAL-], a consul; the highest magistracy of the Roman republic was vested in two consuls, chosen annually: ordinarius, for the full term (opp. suffectus, to fill a vacancy), L.: designatus, elect: consules creantur, Cs.: me consulem fecistis: ne sufficiatur consul, chosen to fill a vacancy: Consulis imperium, V.— In dates, defining the year; usu. abl absol.: Messalā et Pisone consulibus, in the consulship of, Cs.: a. d. V Kal. Apr. L. Pisone A. Gabinio consulibus (i. e. the 28th of March), Cs.: nobis consulibus: Consule Tullo, H.: Bibuli consulis amphora, H.: XL annis ante me consulem: ante vos consules: post L. Sullam Q. Pompeium consules. — Sing collect., the consuls, supreme magistracy: eo (iure) consulem usurum, L.: legatisque ad consulem missis, L.: nullius earum rerum consuli ius est, S.—In the title, pro consule ( abbrev. procos.), plur. pro consulibus, a vice-consul, deputy-consul, magistrate with consular powers; orig. given to a general sent to command an army: pro consule Quinctium subsidio castris mitti, L.: non oportere mitti privatum pro consule. — Also, to a consul whose military command was prolonged beyond his term of office: ut cum Philo consulatu abisset, pro consule rem gereret, L. — After Sulla's time, the consuls, when their year expired, assumed the chief magistracy in provinces designated by the senate, as pro consulibus: litterae a Bruto pro consule: ex litteris Bruti pro consule: qui pro consulibus sint ad urbem, Cs.; see also proconsul. — A proconsul: mortuus Claudius consul erat, L.: quaestor obtigit (Cato) consuli, N. — Poet.: non unius anni, i. e. not by election, but by nature, H.

    cooptō āvī, ātus, āre    [com-+opto], to choose, elect, admit by election, appoint to office: senatores: novum senatum: tribunos plebis, L.: alqm tribunum, L.: magistrum equitum, L.: in conlegium (augurum): in locum auguratūs.

    creātiō ōnis, f    [creo], an electing, appointment, choice: magistratuum.

    creō āvī (creāssit for creāverit, C.), ātus, āre    [1 CER-], to bring forth, produce, make, create, beget, give origin to: Aenean, L.: fortes creantur fortibus, H.: vapor omnīs Res creat, O.: quicquid mortale creamur, who are born to die, O.—P. perf., with abl, sprung from, begotten by, born of (poet.): Volcani stirpe, V.: Maiā, the son of, O.—To make, choose, elect: consules creantur Caesar et Servilius, Cs.: patres, L.: lex de dictatore creando, L.: interregem, L.: ducem gerendo bello, L.: in eo numero creari, S.: augur in locum Germanici creari, Ta.: quos (consules) cum Gracchus crearet, presided at the election of.—Fig., to produce, prepare, cause, occasion: aliquid Sthenio periculi: luxuriam: errorem creat similitudo.

    dēsīgnātiō ōnis, f    [designo], a marking out, specification (cf. dissignatio): personarum et temporum.— A designation to office: annua, of consuls, Ta.

    dīvīsor ōris, m    [VID-], one who distributes: Italiae. — Esp., a distributer of bribes, election agent: divorsum indicia. I II

    petīturiō —, —, īre, desid.    [peto], to be eager for office: valde.

    praerogātīvus adj.    [prae-rogo, to ask first], voting first, asked before others: centuria, which cast the first vote in the comitia (originally the century of the equites, afterwards that which obtained the right by lot).—Hence, as subst f. (sc. centuria), the prerogative century: praerogativam maiores omen iustorum comitiorum esse voluerunt: sors praerogativae, L.: Calvum praerogativae tribunum militum creant, i. e. the equites, L.: omen praerogativae, i. e. in the choice of the century that voted first: praerogativam referre, to report the vote of the prerogative century.—A previous choice, preliminary election: militaris, L.: comitiorum militarium, L.— A sure sign, token, prognostic, omen: voluntatis suae.

    praetōrius adj.    [praetor], of the praetor, of praetors, praetorian: ius, the praetor's decisions: comitia, the election of praetor, L.: potestas, the praetor's authority: turba, about the praetor.—As subst m., one who has been praetor, an ex-praetor, C.— Belonging to the propraetor, propraetorian: domus, official residence.—Of a general, of a commander: cohors, the body-guard of the general-inchief, Cs.: navis, flag-ship, L.: imperium, chief command: porta, nearest the general's tent, Cs.

    prō-ferō tulī, lātus, ferre,    to carry out, bring forth, produce: arma ex oppido, Cs.: (nummos) ex arcā.—To extend, stretch out, reach forth, put forth: digitum: pedem, advance freely, H.—To move on, set forward: signa, march forward, L.: arma in Europam, Cu.—To extend, enlarge: agri finīs armis: castra, Cs.—To put off, defer, adjourn: comitia: diem: profertur tempus ferundae legis, L.: rebus prolatis: de proferendo exercitu, i. e. the election, L.: depositi fata parentis, V.—Fig., to bring out, make known, publish: eius (orationis) proferendae arbitrium tuum.—To bring forth, produce, invent, discover, make known, reveal: artem: An hoc proferendum tibi videtur? T.: alqm ad famam, Ta.: rem in medium: enses, Tb.: arte iurgia, Pr.—To bring forward, quote, cite, mention: libros: auctores: vinolentiam tuam: memoriter Progeniem suam usque ab avo, T.—To extend, enlarge: finīs officiorum.

    renūntiātiō ōnis, f    [renuntio], a report, proclamation, announcement: eius: suffragiorum.

    repulsa ae, f    [P. of repello], a rejection, denial, refusal, repulse: ab repulsis eo magis debitum honorem repetentes, because of rejections, L.: nullam patiere repulsam, O.: Sint tua vota secura repulsae, O.: Veneris, O.: Nec hunc repulsam tua sentiret calamitas, Ph.—In soliciting office, a refusal, denial, repulse, defeat: dolor repulsae, Cs.: omnīs magistratūs sine repulsā adsequi: sine repulsā consules facti sunt: huius comitiis frater repulsam tulit, failed of his election: consulatūs: aediliciae repulsae: repulsarum ignominiam timere: turpis repulsa, H.

    rogō āvī    (rogāssint, for rogāverint, C.), ātus, āre, to ask, question, interrogate: My. quid vis? Da. At etiam rogas? can you ask? T.: de istac rogas Virgine, T.: de te ipso: Dictura es quod rogo? T.: omnia rogabat: quem igitur rogem? T.: cum eos nemo rogaret: quae te de te ipso rogaro: Hanc (colubram) alia cum rogaret causam facinoris, Ph.: ad ea, quae rogati erunt, respondere: Quodsi me populus R. roget, cur Non, etc., H.: quae sit, rogo, T.: rogavi pervenissentne Agrigentum?: Quid verum atque decens, curo et rogo, H.—In public life, to ask an opinion, call upon to vote: de re p. sententiam rogo: qui ordo in sententiis rogandis servari solet, in calling the roll (of senators): quos priores sententiam rogabat: omnes ante me rogati: primus sententiam rogatus, S.—Of a bill or resolution, to question concerning, bring forward for approval, propose, move, introduce: consules populum iure rogaverunt: ego hanc legem, uti rogas, iubendam censeo, L.: nunc rogari, ut populus consules creet, L.—To propose for election, offer as a candidate, nominate: populus regem, interrege rogante, creavit, on the nomination of: ut consules roget praetor: praetores, cum ita rogentur, ut collegae consulibus sint, etc.: comitia rogando conlegae, L.: ad magistratūs rogandos proficiscitur, S.: ut duo viros aedilīs ex patribus dictator populum rogaret, L. —Of soldiers, with sacramento, to require answer under oath, bind by oath: (milites) consulis sacramento, Cs.: sacramento rogatos arma capere cogebat, swore them into the service and forced them, etc., L.—To ask, beg, request, solicit, implore: neque enim ego sic rogabam, ut, etc., did not solicit in such a way.—Prov.: malo emere quam rogare, i. e. it is absurdly cheap.—With acc: hoc te vehementer: res turpīs: Otium divos rogat, H.: ab Metello missionem, S.: ambiuntur, rogantur, are asked for their votes: etiamsi precario essent rogandi: non suā sponte sed rogatus a Gallis, Cs.: cum consulatus petebatur, non rogabatur, etc., was not begged for: legatos ad Caesarem mittunt rogatum auxilium, Cs.: etiam atque etiam te rogo atque oro, ut eum iuves: ut temptes dissimulare rogat, O.: Caesar consolatus rogat, finem orandi faciat, Cs.: rogat frater, ne abeas longius, T.: ne quid invitus meā causā facias: euntem (eum) morari, Ct.—To invite, ask a visit from: Tertia aderit, modo ne Publius rogatus sit: Pomponiam.