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contionis

contionis is a Latin form of contio, meaning “assembly, public meeting; speech to an assembly”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun.

Found 40 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 1.1.45: … me exspectari videbatur, ostendit se tribuniciam potestatem restituturum, factus est in eo strepitus et grata contionis admurmuratio. idem in eadem contione cum dixisset populatas vexatasque esse provincias, iudicia autem turpia …

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 6.1.9: Contionis haec, illa curiae grauitas. T. Veturius filius eius Veturii, qui in consulatu suo Samnitibus ob turpiter ictu …

All forms of contio (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.