conventum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conventum, conventi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
agreement, compact, covenant; convention, accord (L+S);
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - 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);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - 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];
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...domist, [foras] evocate: ita subitost propere quod eum conventum volo. LESBONICVS Quis homo tam tumultuoso sonitu me excivit..."Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Milphidippa Neminem pol video, nisi hunc quem volumus conventum. Pal. Et ego vos. Milph. Quid agis, noster architecte..."Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quis vocat? quis nominat me? Phaed. Qui te conventum cupit. C. Haud magis cupis quam ego te cupio..."Epaminondas
Cornelius Nepos
"...totam Graeciam Lacedaemoniis fugatis liberavi.' Idem cum in conventum venisset Arcadum, petens, ut societatem cum Thebanis et Argivis..."Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...nemo rationem otii sui reddere cogeretur. Carthagine nova conventum agens tumultuari Gallias comperit legato Aquitaniae auxilia implorante; supervenerunt..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...Dalmatis reliquisque barbaris Issam a Caesaris amicitia avertit; conventum Salonis cum neque pollicitationibus neque denuntiatione periculi permovere posset..."de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...Cassium legatum Hispalim mittit. Paucis ei diebus affertur conventum Cordubensem ab eo defecisse Marcellumque aut voluntate aut necessitate..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...alacris videt, cohortatus, ut petitionem suam curae haberent, conventum dimisit. Fuere ea tempestate, qui dicerent Catilinam oratione habita..."
