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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *gʷm-ti-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [koːn.tiˈoː.nɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [kon.t͡siˈɔː.nor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōntiōnor''' (present infinitive cōntiōnārī, perfect active cōntiōnātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Ecclesiastical Latin spells it ''conciōnor''.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|cōntiō|-or|t1=assembly, public meeting]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|cōntiō]] to [[itc-pro|*ko(m)-wentiōn-]], a form with ⟨*kom-⟩ “together” of [[ine-pro|*gʷm-ti-|t=the coming]]; the old ablative ⟨coventionid⟩ in the senate's decree on the Bacchanalia shows the uncontracted form.^(de Vaan 2008) It goes back to the same root as [[m|la|conveniō|t=to come together]].^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sa|गति|tr=gáti-|t=motion]] and [[grc|βάσις|tr=básis|t=step]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The earliest quotation in the OLD is from Cicero, who describes a man who harangued the people ''nudus, unctus, ēbrius'', “naked, oiled and drunk”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its usual sense, by far the commonest according to Lewis & Short, is to address a public meeting or harangue an assembly of the people or of soldiers:^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Cicero tells how Dionysius used to harangue from a high tower,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Caesar ''apud mīlitēs cōntiōnātur''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Livy also uses it of people gathered in an assembly, in ''singulī ūniversōs cōntiōnantēs timent'', “individually they fear you assembled together”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) With an accusative and infinitive it means to declare publicly: Cicero reports that Gaius Cato declared he would not allow the elections to be held.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Lactantius uses it of a prophecy proclaimed by the Sibyl,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Tertullian also uses it in a passive sense.^(Conte 2010)^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of haranguing a crowd and of public declarations.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar addresses his soldiers.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of people in assembly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–317 AD – Lactantius uses it of the Sibyl's prophecy.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To deliver a public speech, address a meeting, [[m|en|harangue]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To attend or form an [[m|en|assembly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|declare]] publicly, proclaim.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōntiōnābundus]]

+ * [[cōntiōnātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōntiō]]

+ * [[veniō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}