conventicius Latin · revision 9806

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔn.wɛnˈtiː.ki.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koɱ.venˈtiː.t͡ʃi.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''conventīcius''' (feminine conventīcia, neuter conventīcium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''conventītius''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD derives it from [[conveniō]] “to come together, meet” with the suffix ⟨-īcius⟩, and Wiktionary from the noun [[conventus]] “assembly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨veniō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*gʷn̥-je/o-|t=to come]], from [[ine-pro|*gʷm̥-ye/o-|t=to come]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Plautus' ''Cistellaria''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant met by chance, casual, as in Plautus, and pertaining to coming together, as in Plautus' ''patrēs conventīciī'', fathers coming from various quarters.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) As a neuter noun, ''conventīcium'', in Cicero's ''Republic'', it was the money paid to poorer Greek citizens for attending the assembly.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for covenanted, fixed by a bargain.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses the noun of an assembly fee.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Met by chance, casual.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # Of coming together, assembled.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|covenant|alt=Covenanted]], fixed by a bargain.^(DMLBS)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(neuter)'' A fee for attending an [[m|en|assembly]].^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[conveniō]]

+ * [[conventus]]

+ * [[conventiculum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}