convescor
Latin
Etymology
From con- (“with”) + vēscor (“to fill oneself with food, to take food, feed, eat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈweːs.kɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koɱˈvɛs.kor]
Verb
convēscor (present infinitive convēscī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems
- 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.
- ...nec si in peccatis perseverare decernerent, ei qui sine peccato est, convesci auderent.
- Bede, Homilia XXX (on the calling of Matthew)
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.