comitia

American  

[kuh-mish-ee-uh] / kəˈmɪʃ i ə /

noun

Roman History.

1. an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.

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comitia British  

/ kəˈmɪʃəl, kəˈmɪʃɪə /

noun

1. an ancient Roman assembly that elected officials and exercised judicial and legislative authority

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Other Word Forms

• comitial
  adjective

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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comitia

In this assembly we have the origin of the comitia tributa or Assembly of the Tribes.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

This bill aimed to create a land commission of ten members of praetorian rank, elected in a special comitia of seventeen tribes, which Rullus was to choose by lot.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

By this rally of the Optimates the comitia is dissolved, the senate summoned.

From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.

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 a very early date the Roman people were divided into thirty groups called curiae, and these curiae served as the units in the organization of the oldest popular assembly—the comitia curiata.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly