conversatio

Latin

Etymology

From conversor (“interact with, pass time with”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔn.wɛrˈsaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koɱ.verˈsat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

conversātiō f (genitive conversātiōnis); third declension

1. way of life, conduct or behavior
2. familiarity
3. monastic life
4. conversation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	conversātiō	conversātiōnēs
genitive	conversātiōnis	conversātiōnum
dative	conversātiōnī	conversātiōnibus
accusative	conversātiōnem	conversātiōnēs
ablative	conversātiōne	conversātiōnibus
vocative	conversātiō	conversātiōnēs

Related terms

• conversātor
• conversō
• conversus

Descendants

• Catalan: conversació
• Old French: conversacion
  • → Dutch: conversatie
  • → Middle English: conversacioun
    • English: conversation
  • French: conversation
    • → Romanian: conversație
• Galician: conversación
• Italian: conversazione
• → Middle Irish: coinbersáid
  • Irish: cumarsáid
• Portuguese: conversação
• Spanish: conversación

References

• “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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.