_convocare populi concilium_ and _populum ad concilium_—to summon an
assembly of the people.
_contionem advocare_ (Sall. Iug. 33. 3)—to summon an assembly of the
people.
_agere cum populo_[1] (Leg. 3. 4. 10)—to submit a formal proposition
to the people.
_concilium indicere, habere, dimittere_—to fix the day for, to hold,
to dismiss a meeting.
_comitia habere_—to hold a meeting of the people.
_comitia magistratibus creandis_—meetings for the election of officers.
_comitiis_ (Abl.) _convenire_—to meet for elections.
_comitiis consulem creari_—to be chosen consul at the elections.
_suffragium ferre_ (_vid._ sect. VI. 4, note _Not sententiam..._)—to
vote (in the popular assembly).
_multitudinis suffragiis rem permittere_—to leave a matter to be
decided by popular vote.
[1] Aulus Gellius (13. 16. 3) explains the difference between _cum
populo agere_ and _contionem habere_; the former = _rogare quid
populum quod suffragiis suis aut iubeat aut vetet_. Cf. Liv. 22. 10. 2
_velitis iubeatisne haec sic fieri?_ also 21. 17. 4. _habere contionem
(conventio = countio = contio)_ is equivalent to _verba facere ad
populum sine ulla rogatione_.