Latin

Noun

comitium n ‎(genitive comitiī); second declension

1. A place in the forum where comitia (election assemblies) were held.

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• comitia
• comitiālis
• comitiātus
• comitiō

Descendants

• French: comice
• Italian: comizio
• Portuguese: comício

References

• comitium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• comitium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• COMITIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “comitium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to meet for elections: comitiis (Abl.) convenire
    
  • to be chosen consul at the elections: comitiis consulem creari
    
• comitium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comitium in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• comitium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin