conspiracy Copy link Outline 1. conjūrātio (always in bad sense)2. cŏĭtio (of conspiracy against an individual) • conspiracy: 1. conjūrātio (always in bad sense): a c. against the republic, c. contra rempublicam, Cic.: to form a c. of the nobility, c. nobilitatis facere, Caes.: to crush a c., c. opprimere, Suet.: the leaders of a c., capita conjurationis, Liv. (Not conspiratio or consensio, which denote an agreement of any kind.) 2. cŏĭtio (of conspiracy against an individual): Cic. Clu. 54, 148. Phr.: to enter into a c. against the state, conjurare contra rempublicam, Cic.; patriam incendere, Sall.: to enter into a c. against an individual [legal], coire, convenire quo quis judicio publico condemnaretur, Cic. Clu. l. c. (conjurare may be used of conspiracy to murder: Quint.).