conversatio Latin · revision 4093

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Vitruvius|origins=la vertō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔn.wɛrˈsaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koɱ.verˈsat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''conversātiō''' ''f'' (genitive conversātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|conversor|-tiō|t1=to associate with]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) ''Conversor'' is from [[converso|alt=conversō]], a frequentative of [[converto|alt=convertō]], from [[con-]] and [[verto|alt=vertō]] “to turn”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Vitruvius uses it of the revolution of the zodiac.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Vitruvius about 84–25 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short note that it is not found before Augustus.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant frequent use, as in Seneca, and frequent stay in a place, as in Pliny.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Its main sense was habitual association, intercourse and familiarity with people, in Seneca and Quintilian, which led to the sense of conduct and behaviour, as in Velleius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Christian Latin it meant a way of life, conversion, and the monastic life, including the taking of a monk's vows; it also meant conversation.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary) Medieval British sources also use it of the course of a disease.^(DMLBS) English ''conversation'' is recorded in the mid-14th century, first of a place where one lives and of a manner of life; the sense of talk came later.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of the turning of the zodiac.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius uses it of conduct.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of association.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''conversation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A turning round, revolution.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Frequent use; frequent stay in a place.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # Association, intercourse, familiarity.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|conduct]], behaviour, way of life.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Monastic life; [[m|en|conversion]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|conversation]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[conversātor]]

+ * [[conversō]]

+ * [[conversus]]

+ * [[conversor]]

+ * [[en|conversation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}