conventu
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conventus, conventus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
agreement, covenant; coming together; conjunction (astrology); Roman district;; gathering, meeting; assembly, people in assembly; provincial court, "assize";; convent, monastery; religious community; convention (Ecc);
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →convenio, convenire, conveni, conventus:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be appropriate to, fit, be correctly shaped/consistent; harmonize, agree, tally;; meet/assemble; go to meet; come together; (have sex); converge; visit/approach;; resort to; sue, prosecute, take legal action; be agreed upon/arranged (PASS);; it agrees/came together/is agreed/asserted; [bene ~ nobis=>we're on good terms];
abl. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...ante ipsi seorsum quisque ostentandi gratia magno conventu hominum dissertaverunt. Tum admirationi fuisse aiunt Rutilius et Polybius philosophorum..." - C
Epaminondas
Cornelius Nepos
"...omnium sociorum convenissent legati, coram frequentissimo legationum conventu sic Lacedaemoniorum tyrannidem coarguit, ut non minus illa oratione opes..." - C
Dion
Cornelius Nepos
"...perfecisset. Hac mente proximo die festo, cum a conventu se remotum Dion domi teneret atque in conclavi edito..." - T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...minimis stipata cohaerent partibus arte. non ex illorum conventu conciliata, sed magis aeterna pollentia simplicitate, unde neque avelli..." - G
Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...necdum caelibem Galbam adeo omnibus sollicitaverat modis, ut conventu matronarum correpta iurgio atque etiam manu pulsata..." - G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...refert, Octavius etiam quidam valitudine mentis liberius dicax conventu maximo, cum Pompeium regem appellasset, ipsum reginam salutavit..." - M
XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...publico, nihil in ullo mihi permisi proclamare conventu? ego vero non sum questus de iuvene nec tibi..." - P
Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...coepi, pugilum gloria (funambuli dem accessit exspectatio), comitum conventu', strepitu', clamor mulierum fecere ut ante tempus exirem foras..."
