Usages of contio
Post lectionem magistra discipulos ad forum ducit, ubi contio magna iam ante rostra convenit.
After the lesson the teacher leads the students to the forum, where a large assembly is already gathering before the rostra.
Multi cives ad contionem veniunt, quia volunt audire quid consul in curia dixerit.
Many citizens come to the assembly, because they want to hear what the consul said in the senate-house.
Praetor autem respondit suffragium postero die latum iri, ne contio nimium clamaret.
The praetor, however, replied that the vote would be taken on the next day, so that the assembly might not shout too much.
Pater dicit se iuvenem saepe ad contiones ivisse, ut bonos oratores audiret.
Father says that when he was young he often went to assemblies so that he might hear good orators.
Una puella in commentario suo scribit senatum decreta facere, oratores autem in contione populum movere conari.
One girl writes in her notebook that the senate makes decrees, but that orators in the assembly try to move the people.
Mater filiae dicit se malle in bibliotheca sedere et commentarium legere quam in contione diu stare.
Mother tells her daughter that she prefers to sit in the library and read a notebook rather than stand a long time in an assembly.
Post contionem duo discipuli inter se disputant utrum decretum consulis an responsum praetoris prudentius fuerit.
After the assembly two students discuss among themselves whether the consul’s decree or the praetor’s answer was wiser.
Orator in contione dicit, et multi cives eum audiunt.
The orator speaks in the assembly, and many citizens listen to him.
Orator in contione audiendus est.
The orator must be heard in the assembly.
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