conversatio

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From conversō (“interact with, pass time with”)

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.werˈsaː.ti.oː/, [kɔn.wɛrˈsaː.ti.oː]

NounEdit

conversātiō f (genitive conversātiōnis); third declension

1. way of life, conduct or behaviour
2. monastic life
3. conversation

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	conversātiō	conversātiōnēs
genitive	conversātiōnis	conversātiōnum
dative	conversātiōnī	conversātiōnibus
accusative	conversātiōnem	conversātiōnēs
ablative	conversātiōne	conversātiōnibus
vocative	conversātiō	conversātiōnēs

Related termsEdit

• conversātor
• conversō
• conversus

DescendantsEdit

• English: conversation

ReferencesEdit

• conversatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conversatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “conversatio” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)