convescor

convescor

Latin

Etymology

    From con- (with) + vēscor (to fill oneself with food, to take food, feed, eat).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    convēscor (present infinitive convēscī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems

    1. to eat with (someone)
      • Bede, Homilia XXX (on the calling of Matthew)
        ...nec si in peccatis perseverare decernerent, ei qui sine peccato est, convesci auderent.
        ...nor, if they were decided to persevere in sins, with him who is without sin would they dare to eat.

    Conjugation

    References

    • convescor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • convescor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.