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|lnetxt=contio contionis N F :: sermon<br />contio contio contionis N F :: meeting/assembly; audience/speech; public opinion; parade addressed by general
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>contĭo</b>: (less correctly concĭo), ōnis, f. contr. from [[conventio]], for [[which]] COVENTIO is written in S. C. Bacch.; v. [[conventio]], and cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 43 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 38, 4, and p. 113, 10 Müll.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[meeting]], [[assembly]] [[that]] is called [[together]] by a [[magistrate]] or [[priest]] (cf.: [[contio]] significat [[conventum]], non [[tamen]] [[alium]] [[quam]] eum qui a magistratu vel a sacerdote [[publico]] per praeconem convocatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 38, 4; cf. [[contionor]]—In [[good]] [[prose]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: advocat contionem, habet orationem talem [[consul]], Cic. Sest. 12, 28; so, advocare contionem, id. Verr. 2, 3, 80, § 185; Sall. C. 57, 5; id. J. 33, 3; Liv. 8, 31, 1; Suet. Claud. 22 et saep.: advocare contionem populi, Sall. J. 84, 5: militum, Caes. B. C. 2, 32: advocare populum in contionem, Liv. 42, 33, 2: ad contionem advocavit, id. 4, 1, 6: plebem ad contionem vocare, id. 2, 2, 4; cf. Suet. Calig. 48: me in vestram contionem evocaverunt, Cic. Agr. 3, 4, 16: convocatis ad contionem militibus, Suet. Caes. 66: contionem habere, to [[hold]] a [[meeting]], Liv. 29, 21, 7 (cf.: contionem habere, II. [[infra]]): in contione dicere, Cic. Or. 63, 213 sq.; of. id. ib. 50, 168; and id. de Or. 2, 59, 242: in contionem populi prodire, Nep. Them. 1, 3: quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 4; cf. so in opp. to the Senate, Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.: laudare aliquem pro contione, [[before]] the [[people]], Sall. J. 8, 2; Liv. 7, 7, 3; 7, 10, 14 al.; Quint. 2, 4, 33; 4, 4, 8 al.: [[nunc]] in [[mille]] curias contionesque dispersam et dissipatam esse rempublicam, Liv. 2, 28, 4; 2, 23, 5: [[contio]] conventusque, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 110: [[contio]], quae ex imperitissimis [[constat]], id. Lael. 25, 95: togata et urbana, Liv. 45, 37, 8: turbulentae, Quint. 5, 13, 39; cf.: in illis fluctibus contionum, id. 8, 6, 48; and: contionum procellae, id. 8, 6, 7: stabant pro contione legiones destrictis gladiis, in the [[manner]] of an [[assembly]], Tac. A. 1, 44 Draeg. ad loc.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]., a [[discourse]], [[oration]] [[before]] a [[public]] [[assembly]]: legi contionem tuam, Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 7; cf.: audiri jam et legi novas contiones, Tac. A. 5, 4 fin.: habere contionem ... quā in oratione, Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 1; so, contionis habendae [[potestas]], id. Fam. 5, 2, 7; Liv. 24, 22, 1: contionem [[apud]] milites habuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 73; so Liv. 44, 1, 9; cf. also id. 27, 13, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 18: habuit [[super]] eā re contionem, Suet. Caes. 5: in contione [[contra]] Catilinam, Quint. 5, 11, 42: funebres tristes [[atque]] summissae, id. 11, 3, 153: ut [[Cicero]] dicit [[contra]] contionem Metelli, id. 9, 3, 50; cf. Gell. 18, 7, 7; and the [[few]] fragments of this [[oration]] of Cic. in Orell. IV. 2, p. 455 sq.; Quint. 12, 10, 70; cf. id. 3, 8, 65; 3, 8, 67.—Of the orations reported in a [[history]]: [[ille]] (sc. [[Thucydides]]) contionibus [[melior]], hic (sc. [[Herodotus]]) sermonibus, Quint. 10, 1, 73; cf. id. 9, 4, 18; Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[place]] for [[speaking]], a [[tribune]], [[rostrum]]; [[mostly]] in the phrases in contionem ascendere or escendere: cum magistratum inieris et in contionem ascenderis, Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 74; id. Att. 4, 2, 3: in contionem escendit, Liv. 2, 7, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.; 3, 49, 4; 5, 50, 8: [[Perseus]] in contionem processit Philippum [[secum]] filium habens, id. 44, 45, 8; cf.: contionem tria significare: locum suggestumque [[unde]] verba fierent, ... coetum populi adsistentis, [[item]] orationem ipsam, Verr. Fl. ap. Gell. 18, 7, 7.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cōntĭō</b>,⁷ et à tort <b>concĭō</b>, ōnis, f. (sync. de [[conventio]] ),<br /><b>1</b> assemblée du peuple convoquée et présidée par un magistrat [dans laquelle on ne vote jamais], cf. P. Fest. 38, 4 ; advocare contionem Cic. Sest. 28 ; habere Cic. Phil. 6, 18, convoquer, présider l’assemblée du peuple ; Locrensium contionem habuit Liv. 29, 21, 7, il réunit l’assemblée des Locriens ; laudare aliquem [[pro]] contione Sall. J. 8, 2 ; Liv. 7, 7, 3, faire l’éloge de qqn devant le peuple ; dimittere, summovere contionem, congédier, lever l’assemblée, v. ces verbes &#124;&#124; assemblée des soldats : Cæs. G. 5, 52, 5<br /><b>2</b> harangue, discours public : contiones habere Cic. Br. 305, prononcer des discours politiques, des harangues ; contionem [[apud]] milites habuit Cæs. C. 3, 73, 2, il prononça une harangue devant les troupes &#124;&#124; discours [en gén.] : [[Thucydides]] contionibus [[melior]] Quint. 10, 1, 73, Thucydide a l’avantage pour les discours<br /><b>3</b> [expressions] : in contionem prodire Cic. Agr. 3, 1, s’avancer pour parler dans l’assemblée, ou [comme on parlait du [[haut]] des rostres] in contionem ascendere Cic. Fin. 2, 74, se présenter pour parler, monter à la tribune (cf. Verr. Fl. d. Gell. 18, 7, 7 ).||assemblée des soldats : Cæs. G. 5, 52, 5<br /><b>2</b> harangue, discours public : contiones habere Cic. Br. 305, prononcer des discours politiques, des harangues ; contionem [[apud]] milites habuit Cæs. C. 3, 73, 2, il prononça une harangue devant les troupes||discours [en gén.] : [[Thucydides]] contionibus [[melior]] Quint. 10, 1, 73, Thucydide a l’avantage pour les discours<br /><b>3</b> [expressions] : in contionem prodire Cic. Agr. 3, 1, s’avancer pour parler dans l’assemblée, ou [comme on parlait du [[haut]] des rostres] in contionem ascendere Cic. Fin. 2, 74, se présenter pour parler, monter à la tribune (cf. Verr. Fl. d. Gell. 18, 7, 7 ).
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{{Georges
|georg=cōntio, ōnis, f. (zsgz. aus *coventio; S. C. de Bacch. [[noch]] coventionid), die [[Zusammenkunft]] = die [[Versammlung]] der [[Gemeinde]], sowohl der [[durch]] Heroldsruf [[von]] einem Magistrate berufenen Stadtgemeinde, um [[einen]] [[Vortrag]] anzuhören (in Rom zB. [[Empfehlung]] [[oder]] Widerratung eines Gesetzvorschlags [[[über]] den [[dann]] in den nächsten [[Komitien]] [[nach]] [[Tribus]] [[oder]] Zenturien abgestimmt wurde], Verlesung eingegangener Kriegsberichte u. dgl.), die [[Volksversammlung]], [[als]] [[auch]] der [[durch]] [[ein]] [[Signal]] [[mit]] der Tuba vom Feldherrn entbotenen Soldatengemeinde im [[Lager]], um eine [[Rede]] an [[sie]] zu [[halten]], Belobigungen, Belohnungen u. Strafen zu [[erteilen]] u. dgl., die Soldatenversammlung, I) eig.: [[contio]] populi, Nep.: c. conventusque civium, Cic. – c. universa, Curt.: extrema, die [[ganz]] [[hinten]] in der [[Vers]]. Stehenden (Ggstz. [[qui]] [[proximi]] tribunali steterant), Liv. u. Suet. – [[diurna]] (Ggstz. c. nocturna), Liv.: [[legitima]], Cic., od. [[legitime]] ab consule vocata, Liv.: togata et urbana, Liv.: turbulenta, Cic.: contiones civium seditiosae, Val. Max.: contiones [[seditiose]] concitatae, Cic. – [[clamor]] contionis, Cic. (vgl. [[clamor]] est totā contione [[ortus]], Liv.): [[fremitus]] contionum od. concitatarum contionum, Quint. u. Val. Max.: [[illi]] [[fluctus]] contionum, Quint. – contionem vocare, Tac., od. advocare, Cic. u. Liv.: classico contionem advocare, Liv.: advocare contionem populi od. militum, Sall. u. Caes.: vocare od. advocare ad contionem (absol.), Liv.: vocare plebem od. exercitum ad contionem, Liv. u. Curt.: advocare populum in contionem, Liv.: convocare milites ad contionem, Suet.: convocare classico contionem, Sen.: convocare classico ad contionem (absol.), Liv.: me in vestram contionem convocaverunt, Cic. – contionem indicere [[subito]], Val. Max. – contionem habere, Cic.: contionem Locrensium habere, Liv.: contionem habere maximam, Cic.: contionem habere de alqo, Cic. – contionem dimittere, Liv.: contionem summovere, Cic. – contionem differre, Liv.: contionem remittere ([[erlassen]], [[auf]] [[sie]] [[verzichten]]), Liv.: novis [[semper]] certaminibus contiones turbare, Liv. – dare alci contionem, [[gewähren]], [[verschaffen]] (vom Magistrate, der [[für]] jmd. eine V. veranstaltet), Cic. – producere alqm in contionem, jmd. in die V. [[einführen]] ([[damit]] er [[vor]] dem Volke seine [[Meinung]] abgebe od. [[ein]] [[Zeugnis]] ablege), Cic. u. Liv.: subducere in contionem alqm (v. Angeklagten), Liv.: procedere in contionem (v. den Konsuln), Liv.: prodire in contionem, Liv., in contionem populi, Nep.; vgl. in meam contionem (in die [[von]] mir berufene V.) prodeant, Cic.: [[ire]] od. adire ad contionem, Liv. u. Cic.: ex [[curia]] in contionem [[itur]], Liv.: in contionem prosilire, Liv. – in contionem ascendere od. escendere, in die V. und [[zwar]] [[auf]] die [[Rednerbühne]] [[treten]], in der V. ([[als]] [[Redner]]) [[auftreten]], Liv. – contiones suas frequentare legibus agrariis, zu ihren V. viele Menschen [[herbeiziehen]] [[durch]] [[Ankündigung]] [[von]] A., Liv. – alqd in contione dicere, Cic.: litteras in contione recitare, Cic.: [[vel]] in contione [[legi]] posse (in [[einer]] öffentlichen V., [[öffentlich]], [[vor]] [[jedermann]]), Cic.: in contione indicare m. folg. Akk. u. Infin., Curt.: in contione donare alqm, Cic.: in contione militum civitate donare alqm, Val. Max. – [[pro]] contione ([[vor]] der V., [[vor]] dem versammelten Volke od. [[vor]] dem versammelten Heere, s. Heräus Tac. hist. 4, 24, 16), zB. [[pro]] contione dicere, Auct. b. Afr.: so [[auch]] [[pro]] contione suadere ac dissuadere, Quint.: litteras od. epistulas [[pro]] contione recitare, Curt. u. Tac.: alqm [[pro]] contione donare [[atque]] laudare, Sall. – [[dagegen]] stabant [[pro]] contione (in der [[Weise]] [[einer]] V., [[als]] V.) legiones destrictis gladiis, Tac. ann. 1, 44. – legationes in contionis modum circumfusae, Liv.: cum circumfusa [[turba]] esset [[prope]] in contionis modum,... ait, Liv.<br />'''II)''' meton., der [[vor]] dem versammelten Volke [[oder]] Heere gehaltene [[Vortrag]], der [[Vortrag]]-, die [[Rede]]-, die [[Anrede]] ([[Ansprache]]) ans [[Volk]] od. ans [[Heer]], [[contio]] libera et moderata, Liv.: c. saeva [[atque]] acerba, Liv.: contiones turbulentae Metelli, temerariae Appii, furiosissimae Publii, Cic.: c. [[funebris]], [[Leichenrede]], Cic. u. Quint.: contiones directae (Ggstz. [[oratio]] obliqua), Iustin. – m. [[contra]] u. Akk., [[haec]] [[contra]] Antonium c., Cic. ad Att. 14, 20, 4: in contione [[contra]] Catilinam, Quint. 5, 11, 42. – [[primae]] contioni alcis interesse, Val. Max.: alcis contionem legisse, Cic.: contionem habere, Cic.: contionem (od. contionem saevam [[atque]] acerbam) [[apud]] milites habere, Caes. u. Liv.: habere contiones in Caesarem graves. Caes.: contionem habere [[super]] ea re, Suet.: de mea salute principum civitatis celeberrimae et gratissimae contiones fuerunt, Cic.: dicere [[contra]] contionem Metelli, Quint. – u. (im Ggstz.) in contionibus [[eadem]], [[quae]] in orationibus (gerichtl. [[Reden]]) [[vis]] est, Plin. ep.: [[ille]] contionibus (Volksreden), [[hic]] sermonibus (Gesprächen) [[melior]], Quint. – / [[contio]], [[nicht]] [[concio]] ist die [[Schreibung]] der Inschriften u. der besten Handschriften, dh. in [[fast]] alle neueren Texte aufgenommen, s. Fleckeisen, Fünfzig [[Artikel]] S. 14.
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