coitio
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŏĭtĭo: ōnis, f. coëo. *
I A coming or meeting together, a meeting: prima coitio est acerrima, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 32.—
II Esp.
A A uniting, banding together.
1 In gen. (rare): societatis, Dig. 17, 2, 70.—
2 In partic., in a bad sense, a conspiracy, plot, coalition (several times in Cic. and Liv.; elsewh. rare): suspitio coitionis, Cic. Planc. 22, 53; id. Clu. 54, 148: non factionibus modo nec per coitiones usitatas nobilibus, etc., Liv. 7, 32, 12; cf. id. 2, 35, 4; 3, 35, 9: candidatorum consularium, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 16: Memmii, id. ib. 2, 14 (15), 4: tribunorum, Liv. 3, 65, 8: facere, Cic. Planc. 22, 53; Liv. 9, 26, 9: dirimere, Cic. Att. 4, 18, 3.—
B Sexual intercourse, coition (post-class. for coitus), Macr. S. 7, 16; Cod. Th. 15, 8, 2; Sol. 49 fin.; Lact. 1, 8, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cŏĭtĭō,¹² ōnis, f. (coeo),
1 engagement, prise de contact : Ter. Phorm. 346
2 coalition, complot : Cic. Q. 2, 14, 4 ; 3, 1, 16 ; coitionem facere Cic. Planc. 53, faire une cabale
3 accouplement : Macr. Sat. 7, 16.
Latin > German (Georges)
coitio, ōnis, f. (coëo), das Zusammenkommen, I) im allg., das Zusammentreffen, u. zwar das feindliche, der Zusammenstoß, prima coitio est acerrima, Ter. Phorm. 346. – II) prägn.: a) die fleischliche Vermischung, Begattung, Solin., Macr. u.a. (s. Bünem. Lact. 1, 8, 6). – b) das Zusammentreten zu einer Verbindung, α) das Zusammentreten zum Handeln gegen einen Dritten, die politische Verbindung, die Koalition, das Komplott (bes. zweier Amtsbewerber zur Verdrängung der übrigen Mitbewerber), Catilinae et Antonii, Ascon.: suspicio coitionis, Cic.: in candidatorum consularium coitione interesse, Cic.: coitionem facere, Cic.: coitionem dirimere, Cic. – Plur., in coitionibus candidatorum, Cic. parad. 46: coitiones usitatae nobilibus, Liv.: coitiones tribunorum adversus nobilium iuventutem ortae, Liv.: coitiones honorum adipiscendorum causā factae, Liv. – β) das Eingehen einer Verbindung, nulla societatis in aeternum coitio est, Paul. dig. 17, 2, 70.
