What does convīvium mean in Latin?

convīvium, a noun, means “banquet, party, feast”.

What is the genitive of convīvium?

The genitive singular is convīviī. convīvium is neuter, second declension.

How do you pronounce convīvium?

In classical Latin, [kɔnˈwiː.wi.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koɱˈviː.vi.um].

Where does convīvium come from?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin convīvium.

noun · neutersecond declension

convīvium

convīvium n (genitive convīviī or convīvī)

Classical[kɔnˈwiː.wi.ũː]Ecclesiastical[koɱˈviː.vi.um]

№ 921 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

banquet, party, feast
Nunc eadem lābente diē convīvia quaerit, [...].Now, as each day wanes, [Dido] endeavors [to repeat] the same feasts, …. (In other words, the queen repeatedly hosts lavish banquets similar to the welcoming feast in the first book of the Aeneid.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.77

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

cēna cum multīs amīcīs; convīvae ūnā edunt, bibunt, loquuntur.

convīvium -ī n — in Mille Verba, Cibus et Convīvium

a feast

convīvium — in Seneca, ch. III

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Epulæ · Convivium · Dapes · Epulum · Comissatio

Epulæ is the general expression, the meal, whether frugal or sumptuous, whether en famille or with guests, at home or in public; convivium is a social meal, a convivial meal; dapes (from δάψαι, δεῖπνον), a religious meal, a meal of offerings; epulum, a solemn meal, mostly political, a meal in honor of something, a festival; comissatio (from κομάζειν), a gormandizing meal, a feast. (v. 195.)

Declension

declension
form	singular	plural
nominative	convīvium	convīvia
genitive	convīviī convīvī	convīviōrum
dative	convīviō	convīviīs
accusative	convīvium	convīvia
ablative	convīviō	convīviīs
vocative	convīvium	convīvia

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

convivia tempestiva (Arch. 6. 13): a repast which begins in good time.
convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide): to prepare, give a feast, dinner.
adhibere aliquem cenae or ad cenam, convivio or in convivium: to welcome some one to one's table.

con-vīvĭum, ii, n. vivo; lit.,

I. a living together; hence, a meal in company, a social feast, entertainment, banquet (freq. and class.): bene majores nostri accubitionem epularem amicorum, quia vitae conjunctionem haberet, convivium nominarunt, melius quam Graeci, qui hoc idem tum compotationem tum concenationem vocant, Cic. Sen. 13, 45: domi agitare, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 10: strategum te facio huic convivio, id. Stich. 5, 4, 20: sublatum'st convivium, id. Men. 3, 1, 19: Rhodium tangere in convivio, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 30: suam egit semper vitam in otio, in conviviis, id. Ad. 5, 4, 9; 5, 9, 8; id. Hec. 1, 2, 18; Lucr. 4, 1131: dominum cum togā pullā (videre) ante convivium, Cic. Vat. 13, 31: ornare splendide convivium, id. Quint. 30, 93; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 44; Cat. 47, 5; Verg. G. 1, 301: nos convivia cantamus, Hor. C. 1, 6, 17; id. Epod. 11, 8; id. Ep. 1, 5 29; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 71; Tac. A. 3, 9; 15, 30.—

II. Concr., company at table, guests ( = convivae): nequitiam vinosa tuam convivia narrant, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 17; Sen. Tranq. 1, 8; Petr. 109, 5; Plin. 22, 23, 47. § 96; 28, 2, 5, § 27; Stat. S. 3, 1, 77.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
Proto-Italic*kom
Proto-Italic*kom-
Latinconvīvium

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 Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin convīvium From convīva + -ium.

Descendants

Italianconvivio
Englishconvivium
Frenchconvivefrom Old French convive
Portugueseconvíviofrom Old Galician-Portuguese convyvio
Spanishconviviofrom Old Spanish convivio
Friulianconvivi