conveniens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of conveniō (“convene, assemble”)

Participle

conveniēns (genitive convenientis, adverb convenienter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. convening, meeting
2. accosting
3. fitting, suitable, meet

   Synonyms: opportūnus, commodus, habilis, aptus, idōneus, dignus, iūstus, lēgitimus, ūtilis, salūber, ūtēnsilis

   Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus

4. agreeing, accordant, harmonious, (internally) consistent

   Synonyms: cōnsonus, congruēns

   Antonyms: absonus, dissonus

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	conveniēns			convenientēs	convenientia
genitive	convenientis			convenientium
dative	convenientī			convenientibus
accusative	convenientem	conveniēns		convenientēs convenientīs	convenientia
ablative	conveniente convenientī1			convenientibus
vocative	conveniēns			convenientēs	convenientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: convenient
• Italian: conveniente
• Old French: covenant
  • French: convenant (latinized)
  • → Middle English: covenant
    • English: covenant
  • → Scottish Gaelic: cùmhnant
• Portuguese: conveniente
• Spanish: conveniente
• → Middle English: convenient
  • English: convenient

References

• “conveniens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conveniens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conveniens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) the perfect harmony of the universe: totius mundi convenientia et consensus