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comitia
 
SYLLABICATION:co·mi·ti·a
PRONUNCIATION:  k-msh-, -msh
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. comitia
A popular assembly in ancient Rome having legislative or electoral duties.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin, from pl. of comitium, assembly place, from pl. of comitium, assembly place : com-, com- + itus, past participle of re, to go; see ei- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:co·mitial (-mshl) —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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