Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈwen.tus/, [kɔnˈwɛn.tʊs]

Participle

conventus m ‎(feminine conventa, neuter conventum); first/second declension

1. convened, assembled, having been convened.
2. accosted, having been accosted

Inflection

First/second declension.

Etymology 2

From conveniō +‎ -tus

Noun

conventus m ‎(genitive conventūs); fourth declension

1. meeting, gathering, congregation, judicial assembly
2. enterprise, corporation; an association of merchants
3. (rare) synonym of conventum, agreement, covenant

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Derived terms

• conventiō
• conventiculum

Descendants

References

• conventus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conventus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CONVENTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “conventus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to convene the assizes (used of a provincial governor): conventus agere (B. G. 1. 54)
    
• conventus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conventus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin