LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

conventiō

conventiō f (genitive conventiōnis)

Meaning

  1. meeting of people
  2. assembly
  3. agreement, covenant, convention, compact

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeconventiōconventiōnēs
genitiveconventiōnisconventiōnum
dativeconventiōnīconventiōnibus
accusativeconventiōnemconventiōnēs
ablativeconventiōneconventiōnibus
vocativeconventiōconventiōnēs

conventĭo, ōnis, f. convenio,
I. a meeting, assembling.
I. In gen. (very rare), Cod. Th. 8, 8, 3; 16, 2, 14 al.—
II. Esp.
A. = contio, an assembly, meeting (very rare), Varr. L. L. 6, § 87 sq. Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 113, 10: in conventione = in contione.—
B. Agreement, covenant, convention, compact, Dig. 2, 14, 1 sq.; Liv. 27, 30, 12; Sen. Ira, 3, 26, 4; Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 2; Tac. H. 3, 70 al.—
C. In manum conventio, of a woman, the coming into the hands (manus) of her husband by marriage, Gai Inst. 3, 24; Ulp. Fragm. 26, 7; cf. convenio, I. B. 2.—
D. A judicial proceeding against one, indictment, charge (very rare): personae, Cod. Just. 3, 6, 3 al.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
  7. Proto-Italic*gʷəniō
  8. Proto-Italic*komgʷəniō
  9. Latinconventiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin conventiō From conveniō + -tiō. Compare with its early contracted form cōntiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanconvenció
  • Englishconvention
  • Frenchconvention
  • Italianconvenzione
  • Occitanconvencion
  • Portugueseconvenção
  • Romanianconvenție
  • Spanishconvención
  • Galicianconvención
  • Russianконве́нция

Quick answers

What does conventiō mean in Latin?
conventiō, a noun, means “meeting of people; assembly; agreement, covenant, convention, compact”.
What is the genitive of conventiō?
The genitive singular is conventiōnis. conventiō is feminine, third declension.
Where does conventiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- → Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti → Proto-Italic *gʷəniō → Proto-Italic *komgʷəniō → Latin conventiō.