English → Latin
“assembly” in Latin
conveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to courtcoitusa coming or meeting; a joining, combination; sexual intercourse, copulationcōntiōa meeting, assembly; a speech, oration or discourse before a public assemblycirculuscircle (geometric figure); orbit (circular path); ring; hoopcorōnachaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead; crown; garlandcōnsīdōto sit down, be seated; to settle, settle down, establish residence (with enduring commitment); to sit (as a judge)conciliuma council; a meetingcōnsiliumplan, intention, design, purpose; counsel, advice; determination, resolve, resolutioncomitiumA place in the forum where comitia (election assemblies) were held.acroāsispublic lecture
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
assembly
of persons: conventus (assembly as meeting at a certain or appointed place): coetus (assembly as meeting to assist in a common purpose): concio (assembly as summoned to listen to an address; e.g., of the people, of soldiers): circulus (assembly as circle conversing together, or standing round a speaker): corona (crowd encircling a speaker): consessus (a sitting assembly; e.g., of judges, spectators, etc.): concilium (a summoned assembly, in which one declares what is to be done): consilium (an assembly in which each person is to declare what he thinks should be done): comitia, plur., is an historical term for the meeting of the Roman people: acroasis (ἀκρόασις, a conversazione: an assembly where one or more entertain the rest by singing, reading aloud, etc.). A numerous assembly, celeber conventus: celebritas (so far as a place is visited by numbers; is of much resort): frequentia (so far as an assembly is in itself numerous: so far as sufficient numbers are present). To summon an assembly, concionem vocare, advocare, or convocare: anybody to an assembly, aliquem ad concilium vocare: to hold an assembly, concilium or concionem habere: to dismiss an assembly, concilium or concionem dimittere (all these, of course, to be usedaccording to the meaning of concio, concilium, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for assembly?
- The usual Latin words for “assembly” are conveniō, coitus, cōntiō; also circulus, corōna, cōnsīdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.