convictio Latin · revision 9201
16 Oct 2026, 18:05 by bogdan “New Latin entry (sources: de Vaan, OLD, Lewis & Short, TLL...)” current version
Initial text
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+ {{homograph|1|companionship}}
+
+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la vīvō}}
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''convīctiō''' ''f'' (genitive convīctiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ This noun is from [[convīvō]] “to live together” with the suffix [[-tiō]], modelled on ⟨convīvor⟩ “to feast together”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Cicero's son calls a friend's company ''iūcundissima''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant living with someone, social intercourse, intimacy, and by metonymy a companion, as in Cicero's letter to his brother.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Companionship, intimacy.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A companion.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ {{homograph|2|proof}}
+
+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Augustine|origins=la vincō}}
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''convīctiō''' ''f'' (genitive convīctiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ This noun is from [[convincō]] “to prove, convict” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Augustine, whom he dates 354–430 AD, and Augustine has ''convictiō rērum'' “demonstration of things”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant demonstration, convincing proof.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+
+ British Medieval Latin used it for a jury's finding, a verdict, a finding of guilt, and a fine.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|conviction]] in the mid-15th century, “the finding of guilt of an offence charged”.^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ * mid-15th century – English ''conviction'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Proof, demonstration.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A verdict; [[m|en|conviction]].^(DMLBS)
+
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[convīctor]]
+ * [[convīctus]]
+ * [[convīvor]]
+ * [[convīvō]]
+ * [[convincō]]
+ * [[en|conviction]]
+
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}