convivo Latin · revision 9503

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Seneca the Elder|origins=ine-pro *gʷeyh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔnˈwiː.woː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koɱˈviː.vo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''convīvō''' (present infinitive convīvere, perfect active convīxī, supine convīctum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] “together” and [[vīvō]] “to live”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨vīvō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*gʷīwe/o-|t=to live]], from [[ine-pro|*gʷíh₃-we/o-]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot cites Seneca the Elder's ''Controversiae''.^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Seneca the Elder c. 55 BC–40 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A post-Augustan word, it meant to be alive at the same time, be contemporary, as in Quintilian; to live together, spend one's time in company, as in Seneca's ''avārō convīvere'' “to live with a miser”; and to dine together, as in Martial.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Tertullian has ''cum aliquō convīvere''.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ It survives in Italian ''convivere'' and Spanish ''convivir'' “to live together”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 55 BC–40 AD – Seneca the Elder uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of living together.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of contemporaries.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To live at the same time, be [[m|en|contemporary]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To live together, live with.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To dine together.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vīvō]]

+ * [[convīva]]

+ * [[convīvium]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A first-conjugation ''convīvō'', ''-āre'', found in Ennius and Petronius, is a form of [[convīvor]] “to feast together”, from [[convīva]] “guest”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}