Latin edit

Etymology edit

From con- (together) +‎ vīctus (living, nourishment) +‎ -tiō, modelled after convīvor (to feast together). This sense, with the long -ī-, is unrelated to English conviction.

Noun edit

convīctiō f (genitive convīctiōnis); third declension

  1. companionship
  2. intercourse, intimacy

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative convīctiō convīctiōnēs
Genitive convīctiōnis convīctiōnum
Dative convīctiōnī convīctiōnibus
Accusative convīctiōnem convīctiōnēs
Ablative convīctiōne convīctiōnibus
Vocative convīctiō convīctiōnēs

Related terms edit

References edit

  • convictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • convictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • convictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.