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consulem creareto elect a consul.Rate it:
consultare or deliberare (de aliqua re)to deliberate, consider (of individuals).Rate it:
contendere cum aliquo de principatu (Nep. Arist. 1)to contend with some one for the pre-eminence.Rate it:
contendere et laborare, utto strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter.Rate it:
contentio (opp. sermo) (Off. 2. 48)pathetic address; emotional language.Rate it:
contentio partium (Phil. 5. 12. 32)party-strife.Rate it:
contentio, remissio vocisraising, lowering the voice.Rate it:
contentionem adhibereto exert oneself.Rate it:
contestari deos hominesqueto call gods and men to witness.Rate it:
contextus orationis (not nexus, conexus sententiarum)the connection.Rate it:
continentem esse terrae or cum terra (Fam. 15. 2. 2)to have the same boundaries; to be coterminous.Rate it:
contineri aliqua reto depend upon a thing.Rate it:
continua translatio (Or. 27. 94)an allegory; continuous metaphor.Rate it:
continuare alicui magistratumto prolong some one's office for another year.Rate it:
continuare magistratum (Sall. Iug. 37. 2)to continue one's office for another year.Rate it:
continuatio seriesque rerum, ut alia ex alia nexa et omnes inter se aptae colligataeque sint (N. D. 1. 4. 9)systematic succession, concatenation.Rate it:
contionari apud milites (B. C. 1. 7)to harangue the soldiers.Rate it:
contionem advocare (Sall. Iug. 33. 3)to summon an assembly of the people.Rate it:
contionem habere apud militesto harangue the soldiers.Rate it:
contra ius fasqueagainst all law, human and divine.Rate it:
contra officium est c. Inf.it is a breach of duty to...Rate it:
contra rem publicam facereto be guilty of high treason.Rate it:
contra rem publicam sentireto foster revolutionary projects.Rate it:
contrahere rem or negotium cum aliquo (Cluent. 14. 41)to have business relations with some one.Rate it:
controversiam (contentionem) habere cum aliquoto maintain a controversy with some one.Rate it:
controversiam diiudicareto decide a debated question.Rate it:
controversiam sedare, dirimere, componere, tollereto put an end to, settle a dispute.Rate it:
contumacius se gerereto display a proud obstinacy.Rate it:
contumelia aliquem afficereto insult some one.Rate it:
contumeliosis vocibus prosequi aliquem (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)to use insulting expressions to any one.Rate it:
conveniendi aditum dare alicuito give audience to some one.Rate it:
convenire aliquemto meet a person (accidentally or intentionally) and talk with him.Rate it:
conventus agere (B. G. 1. 54)to convene the assizes (used of a provincial governor).Rate it:
conversio rei publicae (Div. 2. 2. 6)revolution.Rate it:
convivia tempestiva (Arch. 6. 13)a repast which begins in good time.Rate it:
convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)to prepare, give a feast, dinner.Rate it:
convocare populi concilium and populum ad conciliumto summon an assembly of the people.Rate it:
copia, ubertas verborumprofusion of words.Rate it:
copiae cotidianis sumptibus suppetunt (vid. sect. IV. 2, note suppeditare...)his means suffice to defray daily expenses.Rate it:
copiam quam potui persecutus sumI have exhausted all my material.Rate it:
copias (arma) cum aliquo iungere or se cum aliquo iungereto join forces with some one.Rate it:
copias castris continereto keep the troops in camp.Rate it:
copiose dicereto speak very fluently.Rate it:
copulas, manus ferreas (in navem) inicereto throw grappling irons on board; to board.Rate it:
coram loqui (cum aliquo)to speak personally to...Rate it:
corpus curare (cibo, vino, somno)to refresh oneself, minister to one's bodily wants.Rate it:
corroborata, firmata aetatehaving reached man's estate.Rate it:
corrumpi, depravarito be demoralised, corrupted.Rate it:
cotidiani sermonis ususthe ordinary usage of language, everyday speech.Rate it:
crassa or pingui Minerva (proverb.)with no intelligence or skill.Rate it:

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