comitia
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Etymology
Origin of comitia
1615–25; < Latin, plural of comitium assembly, equivalent to com- com- + -it-, noun derivative of īre to go ( cf. comes) + -ium -ium
Example Sentences
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He was now liable to military service and qualified to attend the comitia.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
Among other measures calculated to win popularity, he proposed a modification of the lex Ælia Fufia, declaring it illegal for a magistrate to stop legislative comitia by "watching the sky."
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.
Beyond question, however, they were included in the curiae and had the right to vote in the comitia curiata.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
The distribution of these functions amongst the various comitia, and the differences in their organization, were as follows:— The comitia curiata had in the later Republic become a merely formal assembly.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
From this time on, too, the comitia tributa, now embracing all the tribes, the rural as well as the urban, was a regular institution of the state.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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