convenio Latin · revision 7347

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la veniō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔnˈwɛ.ni.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koɱˈvɛː.ni.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''conveniō''' (present infinitive convenīre, perfect active convēnī, supine conventum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from Proto-Italic *komgʷəniō, by surface analysis [[con-]] “together” and [[veniō]] “to come”.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) Cognate with [[osc|kumbened|t=it was agreed]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Plautus has a future ⟨convenībō⟩, and Cato the spelling ⟨coveniātis⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of assembling, visiting and agreeing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to come together, assemble, as Caesar's cavalry, to meet, of communities to gather for legal business, and in law ''in manum convenīre'' of a wife passing under her husband's control.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to visit, approach a person, and in Ulpian to sue.^(OLD 2012) Of things it meant to converge, of lines to meet.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus it meant to agree, be on good terms, to fit, harmonize, be fitting, as ''convenit'' “it is fitting, it is agreed”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to agree, assemble, summon, be suitable, unite.^(Stelten 1995) Through Old French ''convenir'' it gave [[en|convene]] in the early 15th century, and its present participle in Old French gave [[en|covenant]].^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''convenire'' and French and Spanish ''convenir''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of meeting and agreeing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of fitting and of marriage.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of assembling.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To assemble, meet, [[m|en|convene]], ''in manum convenīre'', to marry.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To visit, ''(law)'' to sue.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To converge, meet.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To agree; to be on good terms.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To fit; to harmonize; to befit, ''convenit'', it is fitting.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(impersonal)'' To be agreed.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[convena]]

+ * [[conveniēns]]

+ * [[convenienter]]

+ * [[convenientia]]

+ * [[conventīcius]]

+ * [[conventiō]]

+ * [[cōntiō]]

+ * [[conventō]]

+ * [[conventum]]

+ * [[conventus]]

+ * [[disconveniō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adveniō]]

+ * [[antēveniō]]

+ * [[circumveniō]]

+ * [[contraveniō]]

+ * [[conventīcium]]

+ * [[conventiōnālis]]

+ * [[conventiuncula]]

+ * [[dēveniō]]

+ * [[ēveniō]]

+ * [[interveniō]]

+ * [[veniō]]

+ * [[en|convene]]

+ * [[en|covenant]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}