contionarier
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
- M
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..." - G
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..." - T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...armis, cernente tum maxime prope fumantes Thebarum ruinas, contionari libere ausi sunt homines, id quod ex monumentis orationum..." - P
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..."