conventio Latin · revision 6892

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''conventiō''' ''f'' (genitive conventiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[conveniō]] “to come together, agree” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) The OLD calls it a doublet of [[contiō]] “assembly”, the contracted form of the same word.^(OLD 2012) The Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus (CIL 1.581) has the archaic ablative ⟨conventionid⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is the inscription CIL 1.581, where it means an assembly of the people, the sense ''contiō'' usually has.^(OLD 2012) The TLL notes that apart from a few places it is not read before Sallust.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Varro uses it of an assembly, and Paulus' epitome of Festus glosses ''in conventione'' as ''in contione''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) In law it meant a woman's passing into her husband's control (''in manum conventio''), as in Gaius, and the suing of a defendant, as in Ulpian.^(OLD 2012) From Sallust onwards it meant an agreement, compact or covenant, the sense Livy, Seneca and the Digest use.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL says it becomes frequent from the 3rd century AD.^(TLL)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant an agreement, concord, or an assembly.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin added the senses of a religious community, a convent, and in law a summons or claim.^(Niermeyer 1976) [[en|convention]] came into English in the early 15th century, both as “a formal agreement” and as “a formal meeting”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of an assembly.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of an agreement.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 140–180 AD – Gaius uses ''in manum conventio'' of marriage.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''convention'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|assembly]] of the people (= ''contiō'').^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(law)'' ''in manum conventio'', a woman's passing into the control of a husband.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(law)'' The suing of a defendant.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An agreement, [[m|en|compact]], [[m|en|covenant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A religious community, [[m|en|convent]]; a summons; a claim.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[conveniō]]

+ * [[contiō]]

+ * [[conventus]]

+ * [[en|convention]]

+ * [[en|conventional]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}