LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefirst declension

convīva

convīva m or f (genitive convīvae)
Classical[kɔnˈwiː.wa]Ecclesiastical[koɱˈviː.va]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. a guest at a banquet
    Vel cavillator facetus vel conviva commodusitem ero,[…] (please add an English translation of this quotation)c. 206 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 642–643
    Nil opus fuit monitore: iamdudum domi163 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 171–172

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī ad cēnam vocātus est; convīvae in lectīs iacent.
convīva -ae m/f — in Mille Verba, Cibus et Convīvium
quī ad mēnsam alterīus est
convīva -ae (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 13, 18

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeconvīvaconvīvae
genitiveconvīvaeconvīvārum
dativeconvīvaeconvīvīs
accusativeconvīvamconvīvās
ablativeconvīvāconvīvīs
vocativeconvīvaconvīvae

con-vīva, ae, comm. vivo (lit., one who lives with another; hence),
I. one who feasts with another, a table companion, guest (freq. and class.).
(a). Masc., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 50; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 17; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 120; Afran. ap. Non. p. 235, 25; Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Brut. 19, 75; Cat. 44, 10; Prop. 3 (4), 7, 45; Hor. S. 1, 1, 119 et saep.: deorum (Tantalus), id. C. 1, 28, 7.—
(b). Fem.: postquam conveni omnes convivas meas, Pompon. ap. Charis. p. 37 P. (Com. Rel. v. 16 Rib.).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latinconvīva

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Italic *gʷīwō Latin vīvō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin convīva From con- (“together”) + vīvō (“to live”) + -a (agent noun-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Frenchconvivefrom Old French convive
  • Portugueseconviva

In English words that came into English from convīva

  • convictconvictus
  • convivialconvīvium
  • convivalconvivalis

Quick answers

What does convīva mean in Latin?
convīva, a noun, means “a guest at a banquet”.
What is the genitive of convīva?
The genitive singular is convīvae. convīva is masculine, first declension.
How do you pronounce convīva?
In classical Latin, [kɔnˈwiː.wa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koɱˈviː.va].
Where does convīva come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin convīva.
Which English words come from convīva?
English words that go back to Latin convīva include convivial, convict and convival.