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
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...ante ipsi seorsum quisque ostentandi gratia magno conventu hominum dissertaverunt. Tum admirationi fuisse aiunt Rutilius et Polybius philosophorum..."Epaminondas
Cornelius Nepos
"...omnium sociorum convenissent legati, coram frequentissimo legationum conventu sic Lacedaemoniorum tyrannidem coarguit, ut non minus illa oratione opes..."Dion
Cornelius Nepos
"...perfecisset. Hac mente proximo die festo, cum a conventu se remotum Dion domi teneret atque in conclavi edito..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...coepi, pugilum gloria (funambuli dem accessit exspectatio), comitum conventu', strepitu', clamor mulierum fecere ut ante tempus exirem foras..."
