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concĭlĭum, ii, n. [con- and root cal- of calo; Gr. kaleô; cf. clamo], a collection of people, an association, gathering, union, meeting, assembly, = coetus (class.).

In gen.:

videre ambas in uno concilio,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 96; id. Clst. 4, 2, 33:

Camenarum cum Egeria,

Liv. 1, 21, 3:

ab sede piorum, coetu concilioque abigi,

id. 2, 38, 4:

pastorum,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:

deorum,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72; id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.

caelestium,

id. Off. 3, 5, 25:

divinum animorum,

id. Sen. 23, 84:

concilia coetusque hominum jure sociati, quae civitates appellantur,

id. Rep. 6, 13, 13:

(Cyclopum) Concilium horrendum,

Verg. A. 3, 679:

amoena piorum Concilia,

id. ib. 5, 735:

Musarum,

Stat. Th. 6, 355:

mulierum,

id. ib. 3, 178.— Poet. of animals:

inque ferarum Concilio medius sedebat,

Ov. M. 10, 144;

and trop.: tamquam meretricem in matronarum coetum, sic voluptatem in virtutum concilium adducere,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 12.—

Esp.

An assembly for consultation, a council (in concreto; on the contrary consilium signifies [p. 400] the counsel in abstracto that is taken in such an assembly. The meanings, however, often pass over to each other; hence in MSS. and edd. a freq. confusion of the two words; cf.

consilium),

Caes. B. G. 1, 30 fin.; cf. id. ib. 7, 1:

(opiniones), quae in senatu, quae apud populum, quae in omni coetu concilioque proferendae sunt,

Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 77:

inire,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 33:

habere,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 3:

convocare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40; 2, 10; 3, 3:

vocare,

Verg. A. 10, 2:

cogere,

id. ib. 11, 304:

dimittere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 33 al.; Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31 al.:

transferre Lutetiam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 3:

in posterum diem differre,

Curt. 6, 11, 9:

dare legatis,

Liv. 43, 17, 7:

indicere,

id. 1, 50, 4:

constituere diem concilio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30:

Messene ab Achaeis, quod concilii eorum recusaret esse, oppugnari coepta est,

i. e. a member of the Achaian league, Liv. 36, 31, 1:

concilio excesserunt,

id. 32, 22, 12: sanctum Patrum, * Hor. C. 4, 5, 4 et saep.—

A close conjunction, i. e. union, connection (esp. freq. in Lucr.):

coetu concilioque Nil facient (primordia rerum), etc.,

Lucr. 2, 920:

materiaï concilium,

id. 1, 518:

in concilium coire,

id. 2, 564 sq.; cf. id. 1, 772; 1, 1081; 2, 565.— Transf., a bond of union, tie:

hoc mihi tecum concilium manebit,

Ov. M. 1, 710.—

A sexual union, coition:

corporalia,

Arn. 2, 54; cf.:

primordia quae genitali Concilio possent arceri,

Lucr. 1, 183. —

(As an incentive to this.) The blossom of the plant iasione, Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.

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concĭlĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [concilium].

To bring together several objects into one whole, to unite, connect (class. in prose and poetry, not in Hor.).

Prop. (thus several times in Lucr. of the union of atoms):

primordia Non ex illarum conventu conciliata,

not formed by the union of separate parts, Lucr. 1, 612; 2, 901:

dispersa,

id. 6, 890:

omnia in alto,

id. 5, 466; cf. also id. 1, 1042; 2, 552.—Of physical union of other kinds:

traduces bini inter se obvii miscentur alliganturque unā conciliati,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211;

of medic. mixtures: gramen hyoscyami cerae,

to mix, Ser. Samm. 40, 754.—

Of the fulling of cloth:

vestimentum,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 43 Müll.—

Trop.

To unite in thought or feeling, to make friendly, to procure the favor of, to make inclined to, to gain, win over; constr. aliquos inter se, aliquem alicui or absol. (in this sense very freq.).

Aliquos inter se:

quin res publica nos inter nos conciliatura conjuncturaque sit,

Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 2; so,

conciliare et conjungere homines inter se,

id. Off. 1, 16, 50:

feras inter sese,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63.—

Aliquem ( aliquid) alicui:

conciliare sibi, avertere ab adversario judicem,

Quint. 6, 1, 11:

quas (legiones) sibi conciliare pecuniā cogitabat,

Cic. Fam. 12, 23, 2:

Pammenem sibi similitudine fortunae,

Tac. A. 16, 14:

homines sibi,

Nep. Ages. 2 fin.; id. Them. 10, 1:

simulatque natum sit animal, ipsum sibi conciliari et commendari ad se conservandum,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 16:

eam civitatem Arvernis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 7; cf.:

reliquas civitates amicitia Caesari,

id. B. C. 3, 55 fin.:

per quam (causam) cum universo ordini tum primoribus se patrum concilient,

Liv. 4, 48, 9:

arma sibi,

Verg. A. 10, 151:

deos homini,

Ov. F. 1, 337:

audientem exordio,

Quint. 8, prooem. 11:

judicem probationibus nostris,

id. 4, 3, 9:

Maurorum animos Vitellio,

Tac. H. 2, 58; cf.:

quas res quosque homines quibus rebus aut quibus hominibus vel conciliasset vel alienasset ipsa natura,

Quint. 5, 10, 17: omne animal primum constitutioni suae conciliari, i. e. governs itself in accordance with, etc., Sen. Ep. 124, 14; cf. id. ib. §

15 sqq.: primum sibi ipsum conciliatur animal,

id. ib. §

17: frui iis rebus, quas primas homini natura conciliet,

Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 131; cf. conciliatio, I. B. 2.—Without dat.:

conciliabat ceteros reges,

Nep. Hann. 10, 2; so,

accusatorem,

Quint. 6, 1, 12:

conciliare, docere, movere judicem,

id. 11, 1, 61; cf. id. 2, 5, 7; 3, 9, 7:

plures,

Tac. A. 15, 51:

animos hominum,

Cic. Off. 2, 5, 17; cf. id. de Or. 3, 53, 204:

animum judicis,

Quint. 4, 1, 25; cf.:

animos judicum (opp. alienare),

id. 11, 1, 8:

animos plebis,

Liv. 1, 35, 2:

animos militum pollicitationibus,

Suet. Oth. 6; cf. Tac. H. 1, 18, —

( Aliquem) ad aliquid: Labienum praefecit togatae, quo majore commendatione conciliaretur ad consulatūs petitionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 52.—

Absol.:

nihil est ad conciliandum gratius verecundiā,

Quint. 11, 3, 161:

conciliare, narrare,

id. 3, 4, 15.—

= commendo, to represent something to one as agreeable, pleasant, etc., i. e. to recommend:

et dictis artes conciliasse suas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 42.—

With acc. and dat. (aliquid alicui) or absol., to procure, provide, prepare, produce something for one.

With physical objects.

Of the procuring of a maiden, an object of love, in an honorable and (more freq.) in a dishonorable sense, to unite, procure, couple (cf. Lucr. 5, 961):

tute ad eum adeas, tute concilies, tute poscas,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 111:

num me nupsisti conciliante seni?

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 42:

conciliata viro,

Cat. 68, 130:

existimabatur Servilia etiam filiam suam Tertiam Caesari conciliare,

to give as a mistress, Suet. Caes. 50:

cum ei dignatio Juliā genitam Atiam conciliasset uxorem,

Vell. 2, 59, 2.—Once with ad:

a tuā me uxore dicam delatum, ut sese ad eum conciliarem,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 206.—

To procure, obtain by purchase or otherwise, to purchase, acquire, win, gain:

illum mihi,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 25; cf.:

male habiti et male conciliati,

i. e. at a bad bargain, id. Ps. 1, 2, 1:

prodi, male conciliate,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 2: Mi. Estne empta mihi haec? Pe. His legibus habeas licet, Conciliavisti pulcre, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 39 sq.:

ut tibi recte conciliandi primo facerem copiam,

a chance for a good bargain, id. Pers. 4, 3, 69:

si ullo pacto ille (filius) huc conciliari potest,

can be brought here, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 22 (cf. id. ib. prol. 33):

HS. viciens ex hoc uno genere,

to extort, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58, § 142; cf.

pecunias,

id. ib. 2, 2, 55, § 137; 2, 3, 30, § 71; 2, 3, 84, § 194;

and, in a more gen. sense: summum bonum esse frui rebus iis, quas primas natura conciliavisset,

id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—

With abstr. objects, to cause, bring about, procure, acquire, make, produce, etc.:

affinitatem et gratiam,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 42; cf.

gratiam,

Suet. Calig. 3:

pacem inter cives,

Cic. Fam. 10, 27, 1; cf. Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 2:

amorem sibi,

Cic. Arch. 8, 17; cf. id. de Or. 2, 51, 206:

favorem ad vulgum,

Liv. 29, 22, 8; cf.:

favorem populi,

Suet. Caes. 11:

amicitiam cum aliquo,

Cic. Deiot. 14, 39:

gloriam,

id. Mur. 20, 41:

laudem,

Quint. 2, 7, 4:

dignitatem auctoribus suis,

Tac. Or. 9:

famam clementiae,

Liv. 21, 60, 4:

majestatem nomini Romano,

id. 29, 11, 4:

odium,

Quint. 5, 13, 38; 6, 2, 16:

risus,

to cause, id. 6, 3, 35:

otium,

Nep. Timol. 3, 2:

otii nomine servitutem,

id. Epam. 5, 3:

nuptias,

to bring about, id. Att. 5, 3; Just. 7, 6, 10; cf.:

jugales toros,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 70.—Hence, concĭlĭātus, a, um, P. a. (in acc. with I. B.), friendly; in partic. in a pass. sense.

Beloved:

(Hasdrubal) flore aetatis primo Hamilcari conciliatus,

Liv. 21, 2, 3:

juvenis aetatis flore conciliatus sibi,

Curt. 7, 9, 19; cf. Suet. Vit. Ter. 1; id. Vit. 7.—In sup.:

est nobis conciliatissimus,

Symm. Ep. 9, 37.—

In an act. sense, favorably inclined, devoted, favorable to something; comp.:

ut judex ad rem accipiendam fiat conciliatior,

Quint. 4, 2, 24:

(homo) voluptati a naturā conciliatus, a dolore autem abjunctus alienatusque est,

Gell. 12, 5, 18.— Adv. not in use.

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cōnexĭo ( conn-), ōnis, f. [conecto], t. t.

A binding together, close union, etc.:

scutorum, armorum (in a testudo),

Isid. Orig. 18, 12, 6; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 517. —

Esp.

An organic union; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 35, 13 Müll.:

animae et corporis nostri,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, 7, § 7.—

In philos. lang. (almost confined to Quint.), a conclusion, a logical sequence, Quint. 5, 14, 6; 17; 19; 22 sq.—

In gram., a syllable, Charis. p. 1 P.

congressus, a, um, Part., from congredior.

congressus, ūs, m. [congredior], a coming or going together, in a friendly or hostile manner (class. in prose and poetry).

A friendly meeting, a social assembly, conference, conversation, etc.:

omnes congressum tuum fugiunt,

Cic. Sest. 52, 111; id. Phil. 12, 11, 26; id. Att. 1, 17, 2:

si quis congressus fuerit mihi cum Caesare,

id. ib. 11, 12, 3; id. Cael. 8, 20; Liv. 7, 4, 4; Quint. 1, 2, 20; Tac. A. 13, 46 et saep.—In plur., Cic. Or. 10, 33; id. Lael. 23, 87; Liv. 1, 19, 5; 7, 40, 3; Tac. A. 2, 28; Verg. A. 5, 733 al.—Also of the companionship of animals, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; Quint. 1, 2, 20.—

Pregn., a close union, combination (very rare):

materiaï,

Lucr. 5, 68; cf.:

duriorum (consonantium) inter se,

Quint. 11, 3, 35.— In plur., Lucr. 2, 1065.—Hence, carnal union, copulation:

feminarum,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 54; cf. congressio, I. B.—

A hostile encounter, a contest, fight, Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:

cum his navibus nostrae classi ejusmodi congressus erat, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13; id. B. C. 1, 46:

magnam cladem in congressu facere,

Sall. J. 59, 3; 74, 3; Tac. A. 2, 3; Verg. A. 12, 514; Val. Fl. 6, 322 al. —Also of judicial contests, Quint. 3, 6, 4.

cōnūbĭum (less correctly connū-bĭum; cf. Rib. prol. Verg. p. 393), ii (m the poets often trisyl., thus:

conubio,

Verg. A. 1, 73; 4, 126; 7, 253; Ov. M. 6, 428:

conubia,

Lucr. 3, 777:

conubiis,

Verg. A. 3, 136; 4, 168; v. Wagn. and Forbig. ad Verg. A. 1, 73; and cf. conubialis), n. [nubo], marriage, wedlock (considered as a civil institution; while conjugium had regard to the physical union, cf. Dict. of. Antiq.).

Prop. (very freq. in prose and poetry), Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37; id. Off. 1, 17, 54; Sall. J. 18, 6; Liv. 4, 5, 6; 4, 6, 2 sq.; Cat. 62, 57; 64, 141; Verg. A. 1, 73; 3, 136; v. the passages cited, init., from Verg. and Ov.— Plur., of a single marriage ( poet.):

Pyrrhin' conubia servas?

Verg. A. 3, 319; Val. Fl. 8, 421.—

Meton.

= jus conubii or conubii societas, the right to intermarry, according to Roman principles:

conubia illi (sc. decemviri) ut ne plebi et patribus essent, inhumanissimā lege sanxerunt, quae postea plebei scito Canulejo abrogatast,

Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf. Liv. 4, 1, 1 sq.; 8, 14, 10; 9, 43, 23 and 24; Curt. 8, 4, 25; cf. Gai Inst. 1, § 55 sq. al.—

Poet., sexual union (cf. conjugium, II. B. 1.), Lucr. 3, 777; 5, 1011; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 21.—

Of plants, an ingrafting, Plin. 16, pr. § 1.

conventus, a, um, Part. of convenio.

conventus, ūs (CONVENTVVS, C. I. L. II. p. 2416), m. [convenio].

(Acc. to convenio, I.) A meeting; in concr., an assembly (syn: coetus, contio, corona).

Of persons.

In gen. (for social intercourse, counsel, religious celebration, discussion, instruction. etc.; very freq., and class. in sing. and plur.):

comitum, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 27: celeberrimo virorum mulierumque conventu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; 2, 1, 52, § 137:

nocturnus,

id. Cai. 2, 6, 13:

complures minime digni elegantis conventus auribus,

id. Brut. 62, 223:

pudentissimas feminas in tantum virorum conventum prodire cogis,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 94; id. Deiot. 2, 5; Nep. Dion, 9, 1; Quint. 1, 2, 9; Suet. Caes. 49:

matronarum,

id. Galb. 5; Verg. A. 6, 753; Hor. S. 1, 7, 23 et saep.—

In partic.

Persons associated in a provincial town for the sake of trade, a company, corporation, Cic. Lig. 8, 24; id. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32 Zumpt; 2, 5, 36, § 94; Caes. B. C. 2, 19; 3, 9; 3, 40 al.—

A judicial assembly, court of justice:

agere conventum,

to hold a court, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54 fin.; 6, 44 fin.; Just. 12, 13 al.:

conventibus peractis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1; 5, 2.—

Of inanimate objects, a union, conjunction (very rare):

duarum stellarum,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 12, 4:

dentium,

Sol. 13, 2.—

(Acc. to convenio, II.) A union, connection (very rare).

Lit., of atoms, Lucr. 1, 612;

for coition: ex conventu Jovis inseminati,

Arn. 2, p. 93.—

Trop., a compact, agreement, covenant (for the usu. conventum):

ex conventu,

by agreement, Cic. Caecin. 8, 22; cf. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20 (where B. and K. read ex convento).

sŏcĭĕtas, ātis, f. [id.], fellowship, association, union, community, society (implying union for a common purpose; cf.: conjunctio, consociatio; and not a mere assembly; cf.: circulus, coetus; conventus, sodalitas; freq. and class.).

In gen.:

hominum inter ipsos societas conjunctioque,

Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 28:

(nos) natos esse ad societatem communitatemque generis humani,

id. Fin. 4, 2, 4:

societas generis humani, quam conciliavit ipsa natura,

id. Lael. 5, 20:

fides et societas generis humani,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

societas et communicatio utilitatum,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 65:

nulla societas nobis cum tyrannis, sed potius summa distractio est,

id. Off. 3, 6, 32:

societatem cum aliquo coire... dirimere,

id. Phil. 2, 10, 24:

societatem coire de municipis cognitique fortunis cum alienissimo,

id. Rosc. Am. 31, 87:

quasi societatem coit conparandi cibi,

id. N. D. 2, 48, 123:

societatem confirmare,

id. Phil. 2, 35, 89:

nefarias pactiones societatesque conflare,

id. Har. Resp. 20, 42:

consiliorum omnium societas,

id. Brut. 1, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 3:

juris,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

humanitatis,

id. ib. 2, 26, 48:

beate et honeste vivendi,

id. ib. 4, 3, 3:

gravitatis cum humanitate,

id. Leg. 3, 1, 1:

belli,

Sall. C. 40, 1:

omnium facinorum sibi cum Dolabellā societatem initam confiteri,

Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 36:

nominum,

names in common, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 218 et saep.; cf.: nulla sancta societas nec fides regni est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26, and id. Rep. 1, 32 (Trag. v. 411 Vahl.):

neque naturae est societas ulla cum somniis,

Cic. Div. 2, 71, 147.—

In partic.

A copartnership, association for trading purposes.

In abstr.:

qui societatem cum Sex. Naevio fecerit, etc.... fecit societatem earum rerum, quae in Galliā comparabantur,

Cic. Quint. 3, 11:

qui magnā fide societatem gererent, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 13:

cum annos jam compluris societas esset,

id. ib. 4, 14:

quae (pecunia) tibi ex societate debeatur,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 16:

societatem contrahere,

Dig. 17, 2, 5; 17, 2, 74:

coire,

ib. 17, 2, 1 sq.; 17, 2, 5.— Plur.:

societates contrahuntur sive universorum bonorum, sive negotiationis alicujus, sive vectigalis, sive etiam rei unius,

Dig. 17, 2, 5.—

In concr., a company or society of the farmers of the public revenue:

nulla Romae societas vectigalium, nullum collegium aut concilium, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 14, 32; cf. id. Fam. 13, 9, 2:

si omnes societates venerunt, quarum ex numero multi sedent judices,

id. Mur. 33, 69:

provinciarum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 3 fin.:

maximarum societatum auctor,

Cic. Planc. 13, 32; Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118. —

A political league, an alliance, confederacy:

cum Ptolemaeo societas erat facta,

Caes. B. C. 3, 107 fin.:

Ambiorigem sibi societate et foedere adjungunt,

id. B. G. 6, 2:

Leptitani Romam miserant amicitiam societatemque rogatum,

Sall. J. 77, 2;

so with amicitia,

id. ib. 83, 1:

impellere ad societatem belli,

id. C. 40, 1:

cum Lacedaemonii in societate non manerent,

Nep. Con. 2, 2:

Ioniam a societate averterunt Atheniensium,

id. Alcib. 4, 7:

societatem alicujus induere,

Tac. A. 12, 13.

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