conventus

conventus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of conveniō (convene, assemble).

Pronunciation

Participle

conventus (feminine conventa, neuter conventum); first/second-declension participle

  1. convened, assembled, having been convened.
  2. accosted, having been accosted
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative conventus conventa conventum conventī conventae conventa
genitive conventī conventae conventī conventōrum conventārum conventōrum
dative conventō conventae conventō conventīs
accusative conventum conventam conventum conventōs conventās conventa
ablative conventō conventā conventō conventīs
vocative convente conventa conventum conventī conventae conventa

Etymology 2

    From conveniō + -tus.

    Noun

    conventus m (genitive conventūs); fourth declension

    1. meeting, gathering, congregation, judicial assembly
      Synonyms: concilium, cōntiō, congressus, coitiō, coetus, concursus
    2. enterprise, corporation; an association of merchants
    3. (rare) agreement, covenant
      Synonyms: foedus, conventum
    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative conventus conventūs
    genitive conventūs conventuum
    dative conventuī conventibus
    accusative conventum conventūs
    ablative conventū conventibus
    vocative conventus conventūs
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    References

    • conventus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • conventus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "conventus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • conventus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to convene the assizes (used of a provincial governor): conventus agere (B. G. 1. 54)
    • conventus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • conventus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin