conversatio

Contents

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

conversātiō f (genitive conversātiōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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
• English: conversation
• French: conversation
• Galician: conversación
• Italian: conversazione
• 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