conveho

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ˈkɔn.we.(ɦ)oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔɱ.ve.o]^[1]

Forms

convehō (present infinitive convehere, perfect active convē̆xī, supine convectum); third conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin con- + vehō (“to carry”), and Umbrian ⟨kuveitu⟩ “to put together” may point to an inherited Proto-Italic compound.^[2][1] De Vaan traces ⟨vehō⟩ to Proto-Italic *weχ-e/o-, Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-e/o- (“to carry”), cognate with Sanskrit वहति (váhati, “carries”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Lewis & Short cite Caesar, of corn carried into the city from the surrounding districts, and Cicero, of materials carried to an island.^[4] Köbler dates Caesar c. 50 BC.^[5]

Semantic evolution

It meant to carry into one place, bring together, gather in, collect, as of corn and building materials in Caesar, Cicero and Livy; of bees gathering flowers in Pliny; and of the harvest, to get in, as in Varro.^[2][4] Lewis & Short note that it is used in good prose.^[4]

Timeline

• c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of gathering corn.^[4][5]
• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of carrying materials.^[4][5]
• 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of the harvest.^[4][5]

Meanings

Verb

1. To carry together, gather in, collect.^[2][4]
2. To get in (the harvest).^[4]

Word family

• convectiō
• convectō
• convector

Related words

• vehō
• English convection

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c d e f g h Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de