noun · neutersecond declension
conventiculum
conventiculum n (genitive conventiculī)
Meaning
- neuterassembly, meeting, association (or the place involved)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | conventiculum | conventicula |
| genitive | conventiculī | conventiculōrum |
| dative | conventiculō | conventiculīs |
| accusative | conventiculum | conventicula |
| ablative | conventiculō | conventiculīs |
| vocative | conventiculum | conventicula |
conventĭcŭlum, i, n. dim. conventus (rare).
I. An assembly, meeting, association: conventicula hominum, quae postea civitates nominatae sunt, Cic. Sest. 42, 91:
plebei urbanae, id. Dom. 28, 74.—II. A place of assembly, Tac. A. 14, 15:
ritus Christiani, Amm. 15, 5, 31; 27, 3, 13; Arn. 4, 152; Lact. 5, 11, 10.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
conventiculum ī, n dim.
2 conventus, a petty assembly, association: hominum.—A place of assembling: conventicula exstruere, Ta.
Origins
Diminutive of conventus (“meeting; conjunction; agreement”).