comitia (plural comitia)
(historical) A popular legislative assembly in ancient Rome.
• caimito, maiotic
Source: Wiktionary
Co*mi"ti*a, n., pl. Etym: [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws.
Note: There were three kinds of comitia: comitia curiata, or assembly of the patricians, who voted in curiæ; comitia centuriata, or assembly of the whole Roman people, who voted by centuries; and comitia tributa, or assembly of the plebeians according to their division into tribes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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