conventus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of conveniō (“convene, assemble”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈu̯en.tus/, [kɔnˈu̯ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈven.tus/, [koɱˈvɛn̪t̪us]

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.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	conventus	conventa	conventum		conventī	conventae	conventa
Genitive	conventī	conventae	conventī		conventōrum	conventārum	conventōrum
Dative	conventō		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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	conventus	conventūs
Genitive	conventūs	conventuum
Dative	conventuī	conventibus
Accusative	conventum	conventūs
Ablative	conventū	conventibus
Vocative	conventus	conventūs

Derived terms

• conventiō
• conventīcius
• conventiculum

Descendants

• Albanian: kuvend
• Asturian: conventu
• Aromanian: cuvendã
• Basque: komentu
• Bourguignon: côvant
• Catalan: convent
• English: convent, covent
• French: couvent, convent
• Friulian: convent
• Greek: κουβέντα (kouvénta)
• Megleno-Romanian: cuvint
• Italian: convento
• Portuguese: convento
• Romanian: cuvânt
• Sardinian: cumbentu, cunventu, cuventu
• Spanish: convento
• Venetian: convento

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