conventus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === Perfect passive participle of conveniō (“convene, assemble”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈwɛn.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koɱˈvɛn.tus] ==== Participle ==== conventus (feminine conventa, neuter conventum); first/second-declension participle convened, assembled, having been convened. accosted, having been accosted ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === Etymology 2 === From conveniō + -tus. ==== Noun ==== conventus m (genitive conventūs); fourth declension meeting, gathering, congregation, judicial assembly Synonyms: concilium, cōntiō, congressus, coitiō, coetus, concursus enterprise, corporation; an association of merchants (rare) agreement, covenant Synonyms: foedus, conventum ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== conventiō conventīcius conventiculum ===== 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. “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