contĭōnābundus
a, um, adj.
I.
proposing something or haranguing in a public assembly (several times in Livy; elsewh. very rare).
1.
In a bad sense; with acc.: haec prope contionabundus circumibat homines, Liv. 3, 47, 3; 5, 29, 10.—
2.
In a good sense, Liv. 21, 53, 6; 40, 27, 8; Tac. A. 1, 17 init.