comitio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cŏmĭtĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [comitium].

I To go into the comitium : quando rex comitiavit, fas (abridged, Q. R. C. F.), an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 31 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 278, 14 id.; Kalend. Praen. ap. Inscr. Orell. vol. 2, p. 386. —Hence,

II cŏmĭtĭātus , i, m., a military tribune elected at the comitia , Ps.- Ascon. Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 30.