Latin

Noun

cōntiō f ‎(genitive cōntiōnis); third declension

1. a meeting, assembly
2. a speech, oration or discourse before a public assembly

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• cōntiōnālis
• cōntiōnārius
• cōntiōnor

Related terms

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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
    
• contio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, 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