conviva Latin · revision 9953

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *gʷeyh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''convīva''' ''m'' or f (genitive convīvae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[m|la|convīvō|t=to live together, dine together]] with the agent suffix [[m|la|-a]], from [[m|la|con-]] and [[m|la|vīvō|t=to live]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨vīvō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*gʷīwe/o-|t=to live]], from [[ine-pro|*gʷíh₃-we/o-|t=to live]], cognate with Oscan ⟨bivus⟩ “alive” and [[sa|जीवति|tr=jī́vati|t=lives]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Plautus.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short read it literally as one who lives with another; in use it meant a table companion, a guest at a meal, man or woman, as in Cicero and Horace.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used ''convīva rēgis'' for a royal courtier, and British Medieval Latin used it also for a messmate.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A table companion, [[m|en|guest]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' ''convīva rēgis'': a royal [[m|en|courtier]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[convīvium]]

+ * [[convīvor]]

+ * [[vīvō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}