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The sign of most usual occurrence would be lightning -- sometimes such an unexpected event as the seizure of a member of the assembly with epilepsy (_morbus comitialis_) -- and we know to what lengths political obstructionists went in later times in the observation of fictitious signs, or even the prevention of business by the mere announcement of their intention to see an unfavourable omen (_servare de caelo_).
The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914
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F (_fastus_) denotes a day on which the business of the state may be performed, on which the praetor may say (_fari_) the three words, _do_, _dico_, _addico_, which summed up the decisions of the Roman law: C (_comitialis_) marks a day on which the legislative assemblies (_comitia_) may be held: it is by implication F as well.
The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914
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The second was a _dies comitialis_ on which the senate usually did not meet (Cæs.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero
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