cōntiō

I. II. B.

    cōntiō (not cōncio), ōnis, f    [for conventio], a meeting, assembly, convocation, gathering, audience: advocat contionem: habere, L.: populi, S.: militum, Cs.: plebem ad contionem vocare, L.: ut omnis contio audire posset: rem in contione agere: laudare alqm pro contione, before the people, S.: pro contione edixit, publicly, L.: circumfusa turba in contionis modum, L.: contio, quae ex imperitissimis constat. — A discourse, oration, public address, harangue, speech: contionem apud milites habere: hesterna: libera, L.: in Caesarem, Cs.: contra Antonium: de meā salute: in contionem ascendere, to come forward to speak: (populus) me in contionem vocavit, demanded a speech.

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   ā    (before consonants), ab (before vowels, h, and some consonants, esp. l, n, r, s), abs (usu. only before t and q, esp. freq. before the pron. te), old af, praep. with abl., denoting separation or departure (opp. ad).    I. Lit., in space, from, away from, out of.    A. With motion: ab urbe proficisci, Cs.: a supero mari Flaminia (est via), leads: Nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, a little out of the sun: usque a mari supero Romam proficisci, all the way from; with names of cities and small islands, or with domo, home (for the simple abl; of motion, away from, not out of, a place); hence, of raising a siege, of the march of soldiers, the setting out of a fleet, etc.: oppidum ab Aeneā fugiente a Troiā conditum: ab Alesiā, Cs.: profectus ab Orico cum classe, Cs.; with names of persons or with pronouns: cum a vobis discessero: videat forte hic te a patre aliquis exiens, i. e. from his house, T.; (praegn.): a rege munera repudiare, from, sent by, N.—    B. Without motion.    1. Of separation or distance: abesse a domo paulisper maluit: tum Brutus ab Romā aberat, S.: hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat, Cs.: a foro longe abesse: procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt, Cs.: cum esset bellum tam prope a Siciliā; so with numerals to express distance: ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo, eight miles distant, Cs.: ab milibus passuum minus duobus castra posuerunt, less than two miles off, Cs.; so rarely with substantives: quod tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio instrueretur, so far away, Cs.—    2. To denote a side or direction, etc., at, on, in: ab sinistrā parte nudatis castris, on the left, Cs.: ab eā parte, quā, etc., on that side, S.: Gallia Celtica attingit ab Sequanis flumen Rhenum, on the side of the Sequani, i. e. their country, Cs.: ab decumanā portā castra munita, at the main entrance, Cs.: crepuit hinc a Glycerio ostium, of the house of G., T.: (cornua) ab labris argento circumcludunt, on the edges, Cs.; hence, a fronte, in the van; a latere, on the flank; a tergo, in the rear, behind; a dextro cornu, on the right wing; a medio spatio, half way.—    II. Fig.    A. Of time.    1. Of a point of time, after: Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus, immediately after, Cs.: ab eo magistratu, after this office, S.: recens a volnere Dido, fresh from her wound, V.: in Italiam perventum est quinto mense a Carthagine, i. e. after leaving, L.: ab his, i. e. after these words, hereupon, O.: ab simili <*>ade domo profugus, i. e. after and in consequence of, L.—    2. Of a period of time, from, since, after: ab hora tertiā bibebatur, from the third hour: ab Sullā et Pompeio consulibus, since the consulship of: ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumum annum, since, S.: augures omnes usque ab Romulo, since the time of: iam inde ab infelici pugnā ceciderant animi, from (and in consequence of), L.; hence, ab initio, a principio, a primo, at, in, or from the beginning, at first: ab integro, anew, afresh: ab... ad, from (a time)... to: cum ab horā septimā ad vesperum pugnatum sit, Cs.; with nouns or adjectives denoting a time of life: iam inde a pueritiā, T.: a pueritiā: a pueris: iam inde ab incunabulis, L.: a parvo, from a little child, or childhood, L.: ab parvulis, Cs.—    B. In other relations.    1. To denote separation, deterring, intermitting, distinction, difference, etc., from: quo discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem: propius abesse ab ortu: alter ab illo, next after him, V.: Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus, next in rank to, H.: impotentia animi a temperantiā dissidens: alieno a te animo fuit, estranged; so with adjj. denoting free, strange, pure, etc.: res familiaris casta a cruore civili: purum ab humano cultu solum, L.: (opoidum) vacuum ab defensoribus, Cs.: alqm pudicum servare ab omni facto, etc., II.; with substt.: impunitas ab iudicio: ab armis quies dabatur, L.; or verbs: haec a custodiis loca vacabant, Cs.—    2. To denote the agent, by: qui (Mars) saepe spoliantem iam evertit et perculit ab abiecto, by the agency of: Laudari me abs te, a laudato viro: si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, at Caesar's hands, Cs.: vetus umor ab igne percaluit solis, under, O.: a populo P. imperia perferre, Cs.: equo lassus ab indomito, H.: volgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus? by whose hands and upon whose orders? factus ab arte decor, artificial, O.: destitutus ab spe, L.; (for the sake of the metre): correptus ab ignibus, O.; (poet. with abl. of means or instr.): intumuit venter ab undā, O.—Ab with abl. of agent for the dat., to avoid ambiguity, or for emphasis: quibus (civibus) est a vobis consulendum: te a me nostrae consuetudinis monendum esse puto.—    3. To denote source, origin, extraction, from, of: Turnus ab Ariciā, L.: si ego me a M. Tullio esse dicerem: oriundi ab Sabinis, L.: dulces a fontibus undae, V.—With verbs of expecting, fearing, hoping (cf. a parte), from, on the part of: a quo quidem genere, iudices, ego numquam timui: nec ab Romanis vobis ulla est spes, you can expect nothing from the Romans, L.; (ellipt.): haec a servorum bello pericula, threatened by: quem metus a praetore Romano stimulabat, fear of what the praetor might do, L.—With verbs of paying, etc., solvere, persolvere, dare (pecuniam) ab aliquo, to pay through, by a draft on, etc.: se praetor dedit, a quaestore numeravit, quaestor a mensā publicā, by an order on the quaestor: ei legat pecuniam a filio, to be paid by his son: scribe decem (milia) a Nerio, pay by a draft on Nerius, H.; cognoscere ab aliquā re, to know or learn by means of something (but ab aliquo, from some one): id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse, Cs.; in giving an etymology: id ab re... interregnum appellatum, L.—Rarely with verbs of beginning and repeating: coepere a fame mala, L.: a se suisque orsus, Ta.—    4. With verbs of freeing from, defending, protecting, from, against: ut a proeliis quietem habuerant, L.: provincia a calamitate est defendenda: sustinere se a lapsu, L.—    5. With verbs and adjectives, to define the respect in which, in relation to, with regard to, in respect to, on the part of: orba ab optimatibus contio: mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu, S.: ne ab re sint omissiores, too neglectful of money or property, T.: posse a facundiā, in the matter of eloquence, T.; cf. with laborare, for the simple abl, in, for want of: laborare ab re frumentariā, Cs.—    6. In stating a motive, from, out of, on account of, in consequence of: patres ab honore appellati, L.: inops tum urbs ab longinquā obsidione, L.—    7. Indicating a part of the whole, of, out of: scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto, Cs.: a quibus (captivis) ad Senatum missus (Regulus).—    8. Marking that to which anything belongs: qui sunt ab eā disciplinā: nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt.—    9. Of a side or party: vide ne hoc totum sit a me, makes for my view: vir ab innocentiā clementissimus, in favor of.—10. In late prose, of an office: ab epistulis, a secretary, Ta. Note. Ab is not repeated with a following pron interrog. or relat.: Arsinoën, Stratum, Naupactum... fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc. It is often separated from the word which it governs: a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo: a minus bono, S.: a satis miti principio, L.—The poets join a and que, making āque; but in good prose que is annexed to the following abl. (a meque, abs teque, etc.): aque Chao, V.: aque mero, O.—In composition, ab- stands before vowels, and h, b, d, i consonant, l, n, r, s; abs- before c, q, t; b is dropped, leaving as- before p; ā- is found in āfuī, āfore ( inf fut. of absum); and au- in auferō, aufugiō. I II III

   (conciō, ōnis)    see contio.

    concitātus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of concito], rapid, swift, quick: equo concitato vehitur, at full speed, N.: quam concitatissimos equos inmittere, L.: conversio caeli concitatior.—Fig., roused, excited, vehement, ardent: contio: concitatior clamor, L. I II

    cōn-sentiō sēnsī, sēnsus, īre,    to agree, accord, harmonize, assert unitedly, determine in common, decree, unite upon: hunc consentiunt gentes primarium fuisse: populo R. consentiente, with the approval of: consensit et senatus bellum, i. e. has decreed war, L.: de amicitiae utilitate: vestrae mentes cum populi R. voluntatibus: superioribus iudiciis: virtute ad communem salutem: ad conservandam rem p.: in quā causā omnes ordines: in hoc, L.: in formam luctūs, L.: consensa in posterum diem contio, called by consent, L.: senatus censuit consensit ut bellum fieret, L. (old formula): bellum erat consensum, L.: consensisse, ne dicerent dictatorem, L.: possessiones non vendere.— To agree, join, plot together, conspire, take part: factum defendite vestrum, Consensistis enim, O.: cum Belgis reliquis, Cs.: belli faciendi causā: ad prodendam Hannibali urbem, L. — To accord, agree, harmonize with, fit, suit: in homine omnia in unum consentientia, in an harmonious whole, L.: cum voltus Domitii cum oratione non consentiret, Cs.: inter se omnes partes (corporis) consentiunt: his principiis reliqua consentiebant: suis studiis, approve, H.: ratio nostra consentit, pugnat oratio.

    cōntiōnālis e, adj.    [contio], of a popular assembly, mob-like, vulgar: prope clamor, like a mob's: hirudo aerarii: senex, a demagogue, L.

    cōntiōnor ātus, ārī, dep.    [contio], to meet, convene, form an assembly: singuli universos contionantes timent, L. — To make a speech, deliver an oration, harangue, address, declaim: ex turri: cum es nudus contionatus: apud milites, Cs.: haec velut contionans, L.: caterva contionata est, ‘huic,’ etc., declaimed: contionatus est, non siturum, etc., declared before the people.

    cōntiuncula ae, f dim.    [contio], an harangue, petty speech: in contiunculas detrudi.

    frīgeō —, —, ere    [FRIG-], to be cold, be chilly, freeze: totus friget, T.: corpus lavant frigentis, i. e. of the dead, V.: frigent in corpore vires, V.— Fig., to be inactive, be lifeless, be languid, flag, droop: ne frigeas in hibernis: Ubi friget, hu<*> evasit, halts, T.— To be coldly received, be coldly treated, be slighted, be disregarded: hisce homines frigent, T.: discipulus frigens ad populum: plane iam, Brute, frigeo: contio Pompei frigebat, remained unnoticed: cum omnia consilia frigerent, were of no effect.

    fūnebris e, adj.    [funus], of a funeral, funeral-, funereal: epulum: cupressi, H.: contio.— Plur n. as subst, funeral rites, C.— Deadly, mortal, fatal, cruel: bellum, H.: sacra, i. e. human offerings, O.

    Graeculus adj. dim.    [Graecus], Grecian, Greek: ineptum sane negotium et Graeculum, thorough Greek: contio: homines.—As subst m. and f a Greekling, C., Iu., Ta.

    imperītus (in-p-) adj.    with comp. and sup, inexperienced, unversed, unfamiliar, not knowing, unacquainted with, unskilled, ignorant: homo, T.: callidum imperitus fraudasse dicitur: ne quis imperitior existimet, me, etc.: multitudo, L.: homo morum, with no experience of life: tam imperitus rerum, ut, etc., of so little experience, Cs.— Plur m. as subst: sermones imperitorum, the vulgar: cum imperitis manūs conserere, S.: contio quae ex imperitissimis constat, etc.

    īn-sānus adj.    with comp. and sup, of unsound mind, mad, insane: quod idem contigit insanis: maritus, Iu.—Violent, absurd, raging, foolish, frantic: homines ex stultis insanos facere, T.: homo insanissimus: uter est insanior horum? H.: insanior cupiditas: insanissima contio: amor Martis, V.: sidera, H.—Outrageous, monstrous, extravagant, excessive: substructiones: montes, L.: labor, V.: trepidatio, L.—Rapt, inspired: vates, V.—Maddening: aqua, O.

    orbus adj.,    deprived, bereft, destitute, devoid: arce et urbe: ab optimatibus contio: forum litibus, H.: regio animantibus orba, without inhabitants, O.: luminis, O.—Bereaved, parentless, fatherless, childless: senex: fili mei, te incolumi, orbi non erunt: cubile, widowed, Ct.: virgo patre, T.: Memnonis orba mei venio, O.: A totidem natis orba, O.—Plur. as subst: ut orbae Eis nubant, orphans, T.: centum milia praeter orbos orbasque, orphans and widows, L.

    pestifer era, erum, adj.    [pestis+1 FER-], destructive, baleful, noxious, pernicious, pestilential: civis: contio: vipera: odor corporum, sickening, L.: fames, O.: fauces, V.

    scaena (scēna) ae, f, σκηνή.—In a theatre, the stage, boards, scene: hoc videbit in scaena: scaenae magnificentia: Vel scaena ut versis discedat frontibus, V.: columnas excidunt, scaenis decora alta futuris, a theatre, V.: scaenis agitatus Orestes, i. e. in tragedies, V.: tum silvis scaena coruscis, etc., i. e. an open space surrounded by the wood, V.—Fig., the public stage, public, publicity: quia maxima oratori quasi scaena videtur contio esse: quae si minus in scenā sunt, i. e. in public view: se a volgo et scaenā in secreta remorant Virtus, etc., H.—Prov.: tibi scenae serviendum est, i. e. keep yourself in public view.—A pretence, parade, pretext: scaenam ultro criminis parat, Ta.

    ūnus (old oenos, C.), gen. ūnīus, poet. a<*>so ūnius, Ct., V., H.; ūnī, Ct.; voc. ūne, Ct., adj. num.    [cf. Gr. εἷσ, ἑνόσ, οἴνη; Germ. ein; Engl. one].    I. One, a single: unius esse negotium diei, Cs.: divisit populum unum in duas partīs: uno plus Tuscorum cecidisse in acie (sc. quam Romanorum), L.: unā ex parte... alterā ex parte, on one side... on the other, Cs.: unum, alterum, tertium annum Sassia quiescebat: exercituum unus... alter, L.: habetur una atque altera contio, i. e. one after another: neque in uno aut altero animadversum est, sed iam in pluribus, one or two, Cu.: amans Unus et item alter, T.: unus aut summum alter, one or at most two: philosophiam trīs in partīs diviserunt... quarum cum una sit, etc.: orare ut trium harum rerum unam ab se impetrari sinerent, L.: Ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias, T.: adductus sum tuis et unis et alteris litteris: tria Graecorum genera sunt, uni Athenienses, etc.—In phrases, ad unum, all together, unanimously, to a man, without exception: consurrexit senatus cum clamore ad unum: Iuppiter, si nondum exosus ad unum Troianos, V.: cum ad unum omnes pugnam poscerent, L.—In unum, into one, to one place, together: Fibrenus divisus cito in unum confluit: paulatim milites in unum conducit, unites, S.—Of that which sustains a common relation to a plurality of subjects, one, the same, one and the same, common: unius aetatis clarissimi et sapientissimi nostrae civitatis viri: atque etiam uno tempore accidit, ut, etc., Cs.: Omnibus hic erit unus honos, V.: unus utrique Error, H.: ceteri amici omnes Uno ore auctores fuere, ut, etc., with one voice, T.: de cuius utilitate omnes uno ore consentiunt: unis moribus et numquam mutatis legibus vivunt: exitus quidem omnium unus et idem fuit: ferar unus et idem, H.—With solus, tantum, or modo, one only, sole, alone, single: unus est solus inventus, qui, etc.: Nil admirari prope res est una, Numici, Solaque, quae, etc., H.: inter bina castra... unum flumen tantum intererat, Cs.: excepit unum tantum, nihil amplius: unā tantum perforatā navi, L.: nam aliis unus modo, aliis plures, aliis omnes eidem videntur: ut ea modo una causa tenuerit Romanos, ne, etc., L. —With an adj sup. (poet. also with a comp.), one in particular, one above others, one especially: rem unam esse omnium difficillimam: quo ego uno equite Romano familiarissime utor: Quam Iuno fertur terris magis omnibus unam Posthabitā coluisse Samo, V.: sagacius unus odoror, H.— With quisque, in the phrase, unus quisque, each several one, each individual, every single, every one: unus quisque vestrum (novit): de uno quoque loquitur.—With a pron indef., some one, any one, any: ex quibus si unum aliquod in te cognoveris, etc.: ad unum aliquem confugere: aliquis unus; unius cuiusdam: si tu solus aut quivis unus, etc.: quorum si unum quodlibet probare potuerit: unus Quiritium quilibet, L.—    II. Praegn., one, alone, only, sole, single: Unum hoc scio, esse meritam, ut memor esses sui, T.: cum mihi sit unum opus hoc a parentibus meis relictum: quove praesidio unus per tot gentes pervenisset? L.: erat omnino in Galliā ulteriore legio una, Cs.: quae tibi una in amore atque in deliciis fuit, i. e. above all others. —As subst n.: de Antonio nihil dico praeter unum: cum te unum ex omnibus ad dicendum natum cognossem: ille unus ordinis nostri discessu meo palam exsultavit.—With a negative, no one, not a single one, none whatever: nemo de nobis unus excellat: haec abhortatio praetoris non modo quemquam unum elicuit ad suadendum, sed ne fremitum quidem movit (i. e. non modo non... sed), L.: ad neminem unum summa imperi redit, Cs.— Plur: ut unis litteris totius aestatis res gestas ad senatum perscriberem.—    III. Indef, an, one, some, some one: inter mulieres, Quae ibi aderant, forte unam aspicio adulescentulam, etc., T.: sicut unus paterfamilias his de rebus loquor: unus ex ultimā turbā, L.: e regione unius eorum pontium, Cs.: servus unus exulum initium fecit, L. I II

    ventilō —, ātus, āre    [ventulus], to toss in the air, fan, air: populeas ventilat aura comas, sways, O.: digitis aurum, i. e. displays, Iu.: facem, Pr.— Fig.: cuius linguā quasi flabello seditionis contio ventilata, i. e. is incited.