convictus Latin · revision 9805

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''convīctus''' ''m'' (genitive convīctūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|convīvō|-tus|t1=to live together]], a verbal noun of the fourth declension.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨vīvō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*gʷīwe/o-|t=to live]], from [[ine-pro|*gʷíh₃-we/o-|t=to live]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant living together, intimate association, social intercourse, as in Cicero and Seneca, and a social gathering, especially a banquet, dinner party, as in Celsus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant manner of life, social life, living together, a feast.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a way of life.^(Niermeyer 1976) In British Medieval Latin it was also companionship, a retinue, and an allowance of food, at universities ''battels''.^(DMLBS) German ''Konvikt'', a hostel for students of theology, comes from it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of a dinner party.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Living together, intimate association, social [[m|en|intercourse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A social gathering, [[m|en|banquet]], dinner party.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Way of life; an allowance of food.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[convīvō]]

+ * [[convīva]]

+ * [[convīvium]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''convictus'' is also the perfect participle of [[convincō]] “to convict, refute”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}