convenio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *komgʷənjō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈu̯e.ni.oː/, [kɔnˈu̯ɛnioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈve.ni.o/, [koɱˈvɛːnio]

Verb

conveniō (present infinitive convenīre, perfect active convēnī, supine conventum); fourth conjugation

1. to convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.416–417:

     “Anna, vidēs tōtō properārī lītore circum: / undique convēnēre; [...].”

     [Dido speaks to her sister:] “Anna, you see [what] is being hurried all along the shore: [the Trojans] have gathered from everywhere [in Carthage]; [...].”

2. to accost, to call on
3. to sue, to let be summoned to court
   • a. 228, Dig., Ulpianus libro 25 ad edictum, 11.7.14.7:

     Potest tamen distingui et misericordiae modus, ut in hoc fuerit misericors vel pius qui funeravit, ut eum sepeliret, ne insepultus iaceret, non etiam ut suo sumptu fecerit: quod si iudici liqueat, non debet eum qui convenitur absolvere: quis enim sine pietatis intentione alienum cadaver funerat?

     It is nonetheless possible to distinguish the mode of kindheartedness, wherein when someone was kind or pious as to inter someone, so he is not unburied, he would not do so from his own pocket: if this is clear to the judge, he must not acquit him who is sued: for who inters a strange body without any stirring of piety?

4. to be fit, to be suited
5. to be agreed upon

   Synonyms: concordō, condīcō, cōnsentiō, assentiō, concurrō, congruō, cōnstō, pangō

   Antonyms: dissideō, dissentiō, variō, abhorreō, discordō, recusō

   convenit inter omnēs ut ― it is agreed by all that

Conjugation

Conjugation of conveniō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	conveniō	convenīs	convenit	convenīmus	convenītis	conveniunt
	imperfect	conveniēbam	conveniēbās	conveniēbat	conveniēbāmus	conveniēbātis	conveniēbant
	future	conveniam	conveniēs	conveniet	conveniēmus	conveniētis	convenient
	perfect	convēnī	convēnistī	convēnit	convēnimus	convēnistis	convēnērunt, convēnēre
	pluperfect	convēneram	convēnerās	convēnerat	convēnerāmus	convēnerātis	convēnerant
	future perfect	convēnerō	convēneris	convēnerit	convēnerimus	convēneritis	convēnerint
passive	present	convenior	convenīris, convenīre	convenītur	convenīmur	convenīminī	conveniuntur
	imperfect	conveniēbar	conveniēbāris, conveniēbāre	conveniēbātur	conveniēbāmur	conveniēbāminī	conveniēbantur
	future	conveniar	conveniēris, conveniēre	conveniētur	conveniēmur	conveniēminī	convenientur
	perfect	conventus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	conventus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	conventus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	conveniam	conveniās	conveniat	conveniāmus	conveniātis	conveniant
	imperfect	convenīrem	convenīrēs	convenīret	convenīrēmus	convenīrētis	convenīrent
	perfect	convēnerim	convēnerīs	convēnerit	convēnerīmus	convēnerītis	convēnerint
	pluperfect	convēnissem	convēnissēs	convēnisset	convēnissēmus	convēnissētis	convēnissent
passive	present	conveniar	conveniāris, conveniāre	conveniātur	conveniāmur	conveniāminī	conveniantur
	imperfect	convenīrer	convenīrēris, convenīrēre	convenīrētur	convenīrēmur	convenīrēminī	convenīrentur
	perfect	conventus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	conventus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	convenī	—	—	convenīte	—
	future	—	convenītō	convenītō	—	convenītōte	conveniuntō
passive	present	—	convenīre	—	—	convenīminī	—
	future	—	convenītor	convenītor	—	—	conveniuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		convenīre	convēnisse	conventūrum esse	convenīrī	conventum esse	conventum īrī
participles		conveniēns	—	conventūrus	—	conventus	conveniendus, conveniundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		conveniendī	conveniendō	conveniendum	conveniendō	conventum	conventū

Derived terms

• convena
• conveniēns
• convenienter
• convenientia
• conventīcius
• conventiō/ cōntiō
• conventō
• conventum
• conventus
• disconveniō

Related terms

Related terms

• adveniō
• antēveniō
• circumveniō
• contraveniō
• conventīcium
• conventiōnālis
• conventiuncula
• dēveniō
• ēveniō
• interveniō
• inveniō
• obveniō
• perveniō
• praeveniō
• prōveniō
• reveniō
• subveniō
• superveniō
• transveniō
• veniō
• ventitō
• ventō

Descendants

• Asturian: convenir
• Catalan: convenir
• English: convene
• French: convenir
• Friulian: convignî
• Italian: convenire
• Occitan: convenir, convendre, convénguer
• Old French: covenir
• Old Galician-Portuguese: convĩir
  • Galician: convir
  • Portuguese: convir
• Romanian: conveni, cuveni
• Sicilian: cummèniri
• Spanish: convenir
• Venetan: convegner, convegnir, scovignir

References

• “convenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “convenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• convenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to collect together at one spot: in unum locum convenire, confluere
    
  • how is this consistent? how are we to reconcile this...: quī convenit?
    
  • to meet a person (accidentally or intentionally) and talk with him: convenire aliquem
    
  • the accounts balance: ratio alicuius rei constat (convenit, par est)
    
  • to meet for elections: comitiis (Abl.) convenire
    
  • peace is concluded on condition that..: pax convenit in eam condicionem, ut...
    

Spanish

Etymology

Pseudo-Latinism, as if from *convenium. Compare Latin conventum (“pact, agreement, treaty”) and Spanish convenir (“to agree”); both from Latin conveniō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈbenjo/ [kõmˈbe.njo]
• Rhymes: -enjo
• Syllabification: con‧ve‧nio

Noun

convenio m (plural convenios)

1. agreement

   Synonym: acuerdo

2. covenant
3. (diplomacy) convention (an international agreement)

Derived terms

• Convenios de Ginebra

 

Related terms

• convenir

 

Further reading

• “convenio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28