contionari
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contionor, contionari, contionatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
address assembly, deliver public speech; preach/harangue; attend public meeting;
pres. infin.
Examples
XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...sumpserit rumor ortum? quod negari non potest, tu contionaris, accusas, tu crimen de fabula facis. in rumore, cuius..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...censuit. Hoc decreto eum consul senatu prohibuit et contionari conantem de rostris deduxit. Ille ignominia et dolore permotus..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...armis, cernente tum maxime prope fumantes Thebarum ruinas, contionari libere ausi sunt homines, id quod ex monumentis orationum..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...exempla, quantis mercedibus P. Clodius aut C. Curio contionari soliti sint. se modicos senatores qui quieta re publica..."