convenientia Latin · revision 9472

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *gʷem-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔn.wɛ.niˈɛn.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koɱ.ve.niˈɛn.t͡si.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''convenientia''' ''f'' (genitive convenientiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[conveniēns]], present participle of [[conveniō]] “to come together, agree”, with the suffix [[-ia]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Gaffiot cites his ''convenientia nātūrae''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was agreement between things, harmony, consistency, in music concord, as in Cicero; and agreement between persons, an arrangement, convention.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was agreement.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it was an understanding, harmony; assent; and the lord's right to consent to sales of land.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for consent, and an agreement, covenant, bargain.^(DMLBS) [[en|convenience]] (late 14th century) first meant “agreement, conformity”.^(Etymonline) It survives in French ''convenance'' and Italian ''convenienza''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * late 14th century – English ''convenience'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Agreement, [[m|en|harmony]], consistency.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An arrangement, [[m|en|convention]]; a covenant.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Assent.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[conveniō]]

+ * [[conveniēns]]

+ * [[en|convenience]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}