contio

Latin

Alternative forms

• cōnciō (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

Contraction of conventiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːn.ti.oː/, [ˈkoːn̪t̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.t͡si.o/, [ˈkɔnt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

cōntiō f (genitive cōntiōnis); third declension

1. a meeting, assembly

   Synonyms: coitiō, concilium, congressus, concursus, coetus, conventus

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

   Synonym: oratio

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cōntiō	cōntiōnēs
genitive	cōntiōnis	cōntiōnum
dative	cōntiōnī	cōntiōnibus
accusative	cōntiōnem	cōntiōnēs
ablative	cōntiōne	cōntiōnibus
vocative	cōntiō	cōntiōnēs

Derived terms

• cōntiōnālis
• cōntiōnārius
• cōntiōnor
• cōntiuncula

Related terms

• cōntiōnābundus
• cōntiōnātor
• convena
• conveniēns
• convenienter
• convenientia
• conventīcium
• conventīcius
• conventiō
• conventiōnālis
• conventō
• conventum
• conventus

Descendants

• Middle French: concion

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• contio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) 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