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’s 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