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cŏm-ĭtĭum | cŏmĭtĭa | cŏmĭtĭae (noun N) : locus a coëundo, id est insimul veniendo, est dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 38, 12 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 id.: comitium ab eo quod coibant eo comitiis curiatis, et litium causā.
* In sing., the place for the assembling of the Romans voting by the curioe situated near the Forum, and separated from it by the ancient Rostra, but sometimes considered as a part of the Forum in a more extended sense (hence, in Dion. Halic. ὁ κράτιστος and ό ἐπιφανέστατος τῆς ἀγορᾶς τόπος̓: IN COMITIO AVT IN FORO, XII. Tab. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20; Cic. Sest. 35, 75; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58; id. Brut. 84, 289; Liv. 1, 36, 5; 27, 36, 8; 10, 24, 18; Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 9 et saep.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.
* Transf., any place of assembly out of Rome; so of the Ephoreum at Sparta,Nep. Ages. 4, 2.
* Plur.: (access. form , Fratr. Arval. ap. Marin. p. 43; Gloss. Labb. p. 33), the assembly of the Romans for electing magistrates, etc., the comitia.—The comitia were of three kinds.
* Comitia curiata, the most ancient, voting by curiae, held in the comitium (v. I.), gradually restricted by
* The Comitia centuriata, the proper assembly of the populus Romanus, voting by centuries, instituted by Servius Tullius, continuing through the whole time of the republic, commonly held in the Campus Martius (not in the comitium, as is asserted by many from the similarity of the name; cf. campus, II.),Gell. 15, 27, 2 sqq.; Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 27; id. Dom. 14, 38; Liv. 5, 52, 15; cf. Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44.
* Transf., of other elections, out of Rome, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; Liv. 42, 43, 7; Tab. Heracl. v. 24 sq.
* Trop.: ibo intro, ubi de capite meo sunt comitia, i. e.,where my fate is deciding,Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 20: Pseudulus mihi centuriata capitis habuit comitia,id. Ps. 4, 7, 134: meo illic nunc sunt capiti comitia,id. Truc. 4, 3, 45.
* In sing., the place for the assembling of the Romans voting by the curioe situated near the Forum, and separated from it by the ancient Rostra, but sometimes considered as a part of the Forum in a more extended sense (hence, in Dion. Halic. ὁ κράτιστος and ό ἐπιφανέστατος τῆς ἀγορᾶς τόπος̓: IN COMITIO AVT IN FORO, XII. Tab. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20; Cic. Sest. 35, 75; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58; id. Brut. 84, 289; Liv. 1, 36, 5; 27, 36, 8; 10, 24, 18; Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 9 et saep.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.
* Transf., any place of assembly out of Rome; so of the Ephoreum at Sparta,Nep. Ages. 4, 2.
* Plur.: (access. form , Fratr. Arval. ap. Marin. p. 43; Gloss. Labb. p. 33), the assembly of the Romans for electing magistrates, etc., the comitia.—The comitia were of three kinds.
* Comitia curiata, the most ancient, voting by curiae, held in the comitium (v. I.), gradually restricted by
* The Comitia centuriata, the proper assembly of the populus Romanus, voting by centuries, instituted by Servius Tullius, continuing through the whole time of the republic, commonly held in the Campus Martius (not in the comitium, as is asserted by many from the similarity of the name; cf. campus, II.),Gell. 15, 27, 2 sqq.; Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 27; id. Dom. 14, 38; Liv. 5, 52, 15; cf. Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44.
* Transf., of other elections, out of Rome, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; Liv. 42, 43, 7; Tab. Heracl. v. 24 sq.
* Trop.: ibo intro, ubi de capite meo sunt comitia, i. e.,where my fate is deciding,Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 20: Pseudulus mihi centuriata capitis habuit comitia,id. Ps. 4, 7, 134: meo illic nunc sunt capiti comitia,id. Truc. 4, 3, 45.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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