assembly

assembly, society, union.

assembly, gathering

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ecclēsĭa ( ēcclĕsĭa, Sedul. 5, 358; Venant. Carm. 3, 6, 24; and ĕclĕsĭa, Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 117; 28, 32), ae, f., = ekklêsia, an assembly of the (Greek) people.

Prop.: et ecclesia consentiente, senate and people, in the free cities of Greece: bule et ecclesia, Plin. et Traj. Ep. 111, 1. —

Transf.

In eccl. Lat.

A religious assembly of Christians, a Christian congregation, a church (eccl. Lat.;

very freq.): die ecclesiae, etc.,

Vulg. Matt. 18, 17; id. Philem. 2; Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19.—

The Church, the whole body of believers:

Christus dilexit ecclesiam,

Vulg. Eph. 5, 25:

Dei,

id. Phil. 3, 6; Aug. Serm. 137, 6; so,

in coelo,

Vulg. Heb. 12, 23.—

A Christian place of assembly, a church:

ut nomine ecclesiae, id est populi qui continetur, significamus locum qui continet,

Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19; cf. also Amm. 21, 2 fin.; id. 28, 6 fin. —

An assembly, a meeting in gen., Aus. Ep. 24, 93.

ecclēsĭa ( ēcclĕsĭa, Sedul. 5, 358; Venant. Carm. 3, 6, 24; and ĕclĕsĭa, Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 117; 28, 32), ae, f., = ekklêsia, an assembly of the (Greek) people.

Prop.: et ecclesia consentiente, senate and people, in the free cities of Greece: bule et ecclesia, Plin. et Traj. Ep. 111, 1. —

Transf.

In eccl. Lat.

A religious assembly of Christians, a Christian congregation, a church (eccl. Lat.;

very freq.): die ecclesiae, etc.,

Vulg. Matt. 18, 17; id. Philem. 2; Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19.—

The Church, the whole body of believers:

Christus dilexit ecclesiam,

Vulg. Eph. 5, 25:

Dei,

id. Phil. 3, 6; Aug. Serm. 137, 6; so,

in coelo,

Vulg. Heb. 12, 23.—

A Christian place of assembly, a church:

ut nomine ecclesiae, id est populi qui continetur, significamus locum qui continet,

Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19; cf. also Amm. 21, 2 fin.; id. 28, 6 fin. —

An assembly, a meeting in gen., Aus. Ep. 24, 93.

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cŏm-ĭtĭum, ii, n. [locus a coëundo, id est insimul veniendo, est dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 38, 12 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 id.: comitium ab eo quod coibant eo comitiis curiatis, et litium causā].

In sing., the place for the assembling of the Romans voting by the curiœ situated near the Forum, and separated from it by the ancient Rostra, but sometimes considered as a part of the Forum in a more extended sense (hence, in Dion. Halic. ho kratistos and o epiphanestatos tês agoras topos: IN COMITIO AVT IN FORO, XII. Tab. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20; Cic. Sest. 35, 75; id. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58; id. Brut. 84, 289; Liv. 1, 36, 5; 27, 36, 8; 10, 24, 18; Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 9 et saep.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—

Transf., any place of assembly out of Rome;

so of the Ephoreum at Sparta,

Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—

Trop.:

quod (es) esset animi vestibulum et orationis janua et cogitationum comitium,

App. Mag. 7, p. 278, 1; so, sacri pectoris, Mam. Grat. Act. ad Jul. 15.—

Plur.: cŏmĭtĭa (access. form cŏmĭtĭae, Fratr. Arval. ap. Marin. p. 43; Gloss. Labb. p. 33), the assembly of the Romans for electing magistrates, etc., the comitia. —The comitia were of three kinds.

Comitia curiata, the most ancient, voting by curiæ, held in the comitium (v. I.), gradually restricted by,

The Comitia centuriata, the proper assembly of the populus Romanus, voting by centuries, instituted by Servius Tullius, continuing through the whole time of the republic, commonly held in the Campus Martius (not in the comitium, as is asserted by many from the similarity of the name; cf.

campus, II.),

Gell. 15, 27, 2 sqq.; Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 27; id. Dom. 14, 38; Liv. 5, 52, 15; cf. Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44.—

Comitia tributa, voting by tribes, and commonly held in the Forum, but in choosing magistrates, freq. in the Campus Martius, convened for the first time in the trial of Coriolanus, two years after the introduction of the office of tribune of the people. In them the inferior magistrates (ædiles, tribunes of the people, quæstors), and, later, the Pontifex Maximus also, were chosen, Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 45; id. Agr. 2, 11, 27; Liv. 2, 58, 1; 2, 60, 4; Gell. 15, 27, 3; cf.

Dict. of Antiq.—Upon the comitia calata, v. 1, calo.—The usual t. t. for holding such comitia is: comitia habere,

Cic. Div. 2, 18, 43; freq. in all periods;

they were designated according to the magistrates who were to be chosen in them, as consularia,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17; id. Mur. 18, 38:

praetoria,

Liv. 10, 22, 8:

tribunicia,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; Liv. 6, 39, 11:

militaria,

Liv. 3, 51, 8:

quaestoria,

Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1; cf.

also: comitia consulum,

Liv. 3, 20, 8; and:

comitia fiunt regi creando,

id. 1, 35, 1:

edicere comitia consulibus creandis,

id. 3, 37, 5:

comitia conficere,

Cic. Fam. 10, 36, 12:

differre,

Liv. 6, 37, 12:

dimittere,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

ducere,

id. ib. 4, 15, 7:

inire,

Suet. Vesp. 5.—

Transf., of other elections, out of Rome, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; Liv. 42, 43, 7; Tab. Heracl. v. 24 sq.—

Trop.:

ibo intro, ubi de capite meo sunt comitia, i. e.,

where my fate is deciding, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 20:

Pseudulus mihi centuriata capitis habuit comitia,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 134:

meo illic nunc sunt capiti comitia,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 45.

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.

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.], 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).

Prop.:

advocat contionem, habet orationem talem consul,

Cic. Sest. 12, 28; so,

advocare contionem,

id. 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.—

Meton., a discourse, oration before a public assembly:

legi contionem tuam,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 7; cf.:

audiri jam et legi novas contiones,

Tac. A. 5, 4 fin.:

habere contionem... quā in oratione,

Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 1; so,

contionis habendae potestas,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 7; Liv. 24, 22, 1:

contionem apud milites habuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73; so Liv. 44, 1, 9; cf. also id. 27, 13, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 18:

habuit super eā re contionem,

Suet. Caes. 5:

in contione contra Catilinam,

Quint. 5, 11, 42:

funebres tristes atque summissae,

id. 11, 3, 153:

ut Cicero dicit contra contionem Metelli,

id. 9, 3, 50; cf. Gell. 18, 7, 7; and the few fragments of this oration of Cic. in Orell. IV. 2, p. 455 sq.; Quint. 12, 10, 70; cf. id. 3, 8, 65; 3, 8, 67.—Of the orations reported in a history:

ille (sc. Thucydides) contionibus melior, hic (sc. Herodotus) sermonibus,

Quint. 10, 1, 73; cf. id. 9, 4, 18; Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—

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.

contĭōnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [contio].

To be convened or united in an assembly, to form an assembly:

nunc illi vos, singuli universos contionantes timent,

Liv. 39, 16, 4.— Far more freq.,

(Acc. to contio, II.) To deliver an oration before an assembly of the people, to harangue, address:

Dionysius contionari ex turri altā solebat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; cf.:

superiore e loco contionari,

id. ib. 1, 49, 117:

pro tribunali,

Tac. A. 1, 61 fin.:

apud milites,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 27:

ad populum,

id. ib. 84:

de Caesare,

id. ib. 85:

adversus aliquem,

Liv. 9, 18, 7; and entirely absol.: cum Lepidus contionaretur, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4; so Liv. 1, 28, 2; Quint. 1, 10, 27; 3, 11, 13; 7, 6, 3; Tac. A. 11, 7; id. H. 1, 31; Suet. Caes. 33, 55; id. Rhet. 6.—With acc.:

haec velut contionanti Minucio circum fundebatur tribunorum multitudo,

Liv. 22, 14, 15.—Once with the acc. and inf. (cf. the foll.):

C. Cato contionatus est, comitia haberi non siturum, etc.,

declared before the people, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 6. —

In gen., to say publicly, publish, make known, declare (very rare):

caterva tota clarissimā concentione.. contionata est: huic vitae tuae, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 55, 118; id. Tusc. 1, 49, 117:

idem hoc futurum, etiam Sibylla contionata est,

Lact. 4, 18, p. 292 Bip.

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