LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

conventus

conventus m (genitive conventūs)

Meaning

  1. masculinemeeting, gathering, congregation, judicial assembly
  2. masculineenterprise, corporation; an association of merchants
  3. masculinerareagreement, covenant

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeconventusconventūs
genitiveconventūsconventuum
dativeconventuīconventibus
accusativeconventumconventūs
ablativeconventūconventibus
vocativeconventusconventūs

conventus, a, um, Part. of convenio.
conventus, ūs (CONVENTVVS, C. I. L. II. p. 2416), m. convenio.
I. (Acc. to convenio, I.) A meeting; in concr., an assembly (syn: coetus, contio, corona).
A. Of persons.
1. In gen. (for social intercourse, counsel, religious celebration, discussion, instruction. etc.; very freq., and class. in sing. and plur.): comitum, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 27: celeberrimo virorum mulierumque conventu, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; 2, 1, 52, § 137: nocturnus, id. Cai. 2, 6, 13: complures minime digni elegantis conventus auribus, id. Brut. 62, 223: pudentissimas feminas in tantum virorum conventum prodire cogis, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 94; id. Deiot. 2, 5; Nep. Dion, 9, 1; Quint. 1, 2, 9; Suet. Caes. 49: matronarum, id. Galb. 5; Verg. A. 6, 753; Hor. S. 1, 7, 23 et saep.—
2. In partic.
a. Persons associated in a provincial town for the sake of trade, a company, corporation, Cic. Lig. 8, 24; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32 Zumpt; 2, 5, 36, § 94; Caes. B. C. 2, 19; 3, 9; 3, 40 al.—
b. A judicial assembly, court of justice: agere conventum, to hold a court, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54 fin.; 6, 44 fin.; Just. 12, 13 al.: conventibus peractis, Caes. B. G. 5, 1; 5, 2.—
B. Of inanimate objects, a union, conjunction (very rare): duarum stellarum, Sen. Q. N. 7, 12, 4: dentium, Sol. 13, 2.—
II. (Acc. to convenio, II.) A union, connection (very rare).
A. Lit., of atoms, Lucr. 1, 612; for coition: ex conventu Jovis inseminati, Arn. 2, p. 93.—
B. Trop., a compact, agreement, covenant (for the usu. conventum): ex conventu, by agreement, Cic. Caecin. 8, 22; cf. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20 (where B. and K. read ex convento).

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. Latinconventus

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin conventus From conveniō + -tus.

Descendants
  • Catalanconvent
  • Englishconvent
  • Englishcovent
  • Frenchcouvent
  • Frenchconvent
  • Italianconvento
  • Portugueseconvento
  • Romaniancuvânt
  • Sardiniancumbentu
  • Sardiniancunventu

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesConventusConventus (σύνοδος, συνουσία, or συναγωγή) is properly a name which may be given to any assembly of men who meet for a certain purpose. (Paul. Diac. p…

Quick answers

What does conventus mean in Latin?
conventus, a noun, means “meeting, gathering, congregation, judicial assembly; enterprise, corporation; an association of merchants”.
What is the genitive of conventus?
The genitive singular is conventūs. conventus is masculine, fourth declension.
Where does conventus 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 conventus.