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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *komgʷənjō. By surface analysis, con- +‎ veniō.

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conveniō (present infinitive convenīre, perfect active convēnī, supine conventum); fourth conjugation

  1. to convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.416–417:
      “Anna, vidēs tōtō properārī lītore circum: / undique convēnēre; [...].”
      [Dido speaks to her sister:] “Anna, you see [what] is being hurried all along the shore: [the Trojans] have gathered from everywhere [in Carthage]; [...].”
  2. to accost, to call on
  3. to sue, to let be summoned to court
    • a. 228, Dig., Ulpianus libro 25 ad edictum, 11.7.14.7:
      Potest tamen distingui et misericordiae modus, ut in hoc fuerit misericors vel pius qui funeravit, ut eum sepeliret, ne insepultus iaceret, non etiam ut suo sumptu fecerit: quod si iudici liqueat, non debet eum qui convenitur absolvere: quis enim sine pietatis intentione alienum cadaver funerat?
      It is nonetheless possible to distinguish the mode of kindheartedness, wherein when someone was kind or pious as to inter someone, so he is not unburied, he would not do so from his own pocket: if this is clear to the judge, he must not acquit him who is sued: for who inters a strange body without any stirring of piety?
  4. to be fit, to be suited (for), to be suitable (for)
  5. to be agreed upon
    Synonyms: concordō, condīcō, cōnsentiō, assentiō, concurrō, congruō, cōnstō, pangō
    Antonyms: dissideō, dissentiō, variō, abhorreō, discordō, recusō
    convenit inter omnēs utit is agreed by all that

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References

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  • convenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • convenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • convenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to collect together at one spot: in unum locum convenire, confluere
    • how is this consistent? how are we to reconcile this...: quī convenit?
    • to meet a person (accidentally or intentionally) and talk with him: convenire aliquem
    • the accounts balance: ratio alicuius rei constat (convenit, par est)
    • to meet for elections: comitiis (Abl.) convenire
    • peace is concluded on condition that..: pax convenit in eam condicionem, ut...

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Etymology

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Pseudo-Latinism, as if from *convenium. Compare Latin conventum (pact, agreement, treaty) and Spanish convenir (to agree); both from Latin conveniō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /komˈbenjo/ [kõmˈbe.njo]
  • Rhymes: -enjo
  • Syllabification: con‧ve‧nio

Noun

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convenio m (plural convenios)

  1. agreement
    Synonym: acuerdo
  2. covenant
  3. (diplomacy) convention (an international agreement)

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