convictio

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“together”) +‎ vīctus (“living, nourishment”) +‎ -tiō, modelled after convīvor (“to feast together”). This sense, with the long -ī-, is unrelated to English conviction.

Noun

convīctiō f (genitive convīctiōnis); third declension

  1. companionship
  2. intercourse, intimacy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative convīctiō convīctiōnēs
Genitive convīctiōnis convīctiōnum
Dative convīctiōnī convīctiōnibus
Accusative convīctiōnem convīctiōnēs
Ablative convīctiōne convīctiōnibus
Vocative convīctiō convīctiōnēs

References
  • “convictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “convictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • convictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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