concĭlĭābŭlum, i, n. [concilium],
a place of assembly, a public place , esp. for public intercourse or traffic; a marketplace, an exchange, a place for courts , etc.: conciliabulum dicitur locus, ubi in conciliam convenitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 38, 3 Müll.; so Liv. 7, 15, 13; 25, 5, 6; 34, 1, 6, and 34, 56, 2; 39, 14, 7; 40, 37, 3; 43, 14, 10; Tac. A. 3, 40: martyrum, where their memory is solemnly celebrated , Hier. Ep. 60, 12: spectaculorum, places for public exhibitions , as the theatre, circus, etc., Tert. Spect. 8: damni, in comic lang., for a brothel , Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 38; and, in the same sense, conciliabulum alone, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 47.