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contĭōnābundus, a, um, adj. [contionor], proposing something or haranguing in a public assembly (several times in Livy; elsewh. very rare).
- 1. In a bad sense; with acc.: haec prope contionabundus circumibat homines, Liv. 3, 47, 3; 5, 29, 10.
- 2. In a good sense, Liv. 21, 53, 6; 40, 27, 8; Tac. A. 1, 17 init.
contĭōnālis, e, adj. [contio], belonging to or suitable for an assembly of the people: contionalis prope clamor senatūs, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 1: genus dicendi, Quint. 8, 4, 1: officium, id. 3, 8, 14: hirudo aerarii, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11: senex, who went about in the assemblies of the people for the purpose of exciting the multitude, Liv. 3, 72, 4; cf. comitialis.
contĭōnārĭus, a, um, adj. [contio], of or suited to an assembly of the people (very rare): populus, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4: oratio, Amm. 27, 6, 5: tibia, Gell. 1, 11, 10: fistula, id. 1, 11, 10 in lemm.
contĭōnātor, ōris, m. [contionor], a haranguer of the people; in a bad sense, a demagogue, a political agitator, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9 (opp. animus vere popularis); Front. Ep. ad Ver. 1, p. 171; cf.: contionator, allocutor multitudinis, Isid. Orig. 10, 38.
(contĭōnātōrĭus, false read. for contionarius, Gell. 1, 11, 10.)
contĭōnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [contio].
- * I. To be convened or united in an assembly, to form an assembly: nunc illi vos, singuli universos contionantes timent, Liv. 39, 16, 4.
Far more freq.,
- II. (Acc. to contio, II.) To deliver an oration before an assembly of the people, to harangue, address: Dionysius contionari ex turri altā solebat, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; cf.: superiore e loco contionari, id. ib. 1, 49, 117: pro tribunali, Tac. A. 1, 61 fin.: apud milites, Caes. B. C. 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 27: ad populum, id. ib. 84: de Caesare, id. ib. 85: adversus aliquem, Liv. 9, 18, 7; and entirely absol.: cum Lepidus contionaretur, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4; so Liv. 1, 28, 2; Quint. 1, 10, 27; 3, 11, 13; 7, 6, 3; Tac. A. 11, 7; id. H. 1, 31; Suet. Caes. 33, 55; id. Rhet. 6.
With acc.: haec velut contionanti Minucio circum fundebatur tribunorum multitudo, Liv. 22, 14, 15.
Once with the acc. and inf. (cf. the foll.): C. Cato contionatus est, comitia haberi non siturum, etc., declared before the people, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 6.
- B. In gen., to say publicly, publish, make known, declare (very rare): caterva tota clarissimā concentione .. contionata est: huic vitae tuae, etc., Cic. Sest. 55, 118; id. Tusc. 1, 49, 117: idem hoc futurum, etiam Sibylla contionata est, Lact. 4, 18, p. 292 Bip.