convectio

Forms

convectiō f (genitive convectiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Latin convehō (“to bring together”) + -tiō.^[1][2][3] The verb convehō is a compound in the family of vehō (“to convey, carry”),^[4] which goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ueǵʰ-e/o- (“to carry”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is found in Ammianus Marcellinus, who writes that the bringing in of the grain supply (annonae convectio) was hindered.^[1][2]

Semantic evolution

The word stayed rare: the dictionaries cite only the passage of Ammianus,^[1][5][6] and a glossary explains it with comportatio.^[2][7]

Timeline

• c. 390 AD – Ammianus Marcellinus uses it of bringing in the grain supply.^[1][3]

Meanings

Noun

1. A carrying or bringing together, transport (of supplies).^[1][5][6]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
2. ^ a b c Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
3. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
6. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ Goetz, Georg (1888–1923), Corpus glossariorum Latinorum, Leipzig: Teubner; vols. VI–VII Thesaurus glossarum emendatarum, digital ed. CGLO, Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften