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contionor

contionor, to meet, convene, form an assembly

contĭōnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [contio]. *
  • 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.

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