contio Latin · revision 5767

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *gʷem-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkoːn.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔn.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōntiō''' ''f'' (genitive cōntiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is contracted from [[m|la|coventiō]], the form of the decree on the Bacchanals (186 BC), that is [[conventiō]] “a coming together”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan reconstructs [[inh|itc-pro|*ko(m)-wentiōn-]], a remade [[ine-pro|*gʷm̥-ti-|t=a coming]] of the root of [[veniō]] with the prefix [[com-]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|गति|tr=gáti-|t=motion]], [[grc|βάσις|tr=básis|t=step]] and [[got|𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌿𐌼𐌸𐍃|tr=gaqumþs|t=meeting]].^(de Vaan 2008) The spelling [[m|la|concio]] is incorrect.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) The decree on the Bacchanals of 186 BC has the old ablative ''coventionid''.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ At Rome it was a meeting of the people called by a magistrate or priest to hear an address, where no vote was taken, and ''contiōnem dare'' was to give someone a chance to speak.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) By transfer it was the audience at such a meeting, public opinion, and the speech made there, as Cicero has a speech of Antony in his hands.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Medieval writers used it for a gathering or company and for a sermon.^(DMLBS) The derived verb ''contiōnārī'' meant “to harangue an assembly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 186 BC – The decree on the Bacchanals has the form ''coventionid''.^(de Vaan 2008)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of a speaker abandoned by the whole assembly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A public meeting, assembly of the people (called by a magistrate).^(OLD 2012)

+ # The people at such a meeting, audience; public opinion.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A public speech, [[m|en|harangue]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|sermon]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōntiōnālis]]

+ * [[cōntiōnārius]]

+ * [[cōntiōnor]]

+ * [[cōntiuncula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōntiōnābundus]]

+ * [[cōntiōnātor]]

+ * [[convena]]

+ * [[conveniēns]]

+ * [[convenienter]]

+ * [[convenientia]]

+ * [[conventīcium]]

+ * [[conventīcius]]

+ * [[conventiō]]

+ * [[conventiōnālis]]

+ * [[veniō]]

+ * [[comitium]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A ''contiō'' only heard speeches, while the people voted in the ''comitia''.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}