convito

See also: convitò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈvi.to/
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: con‧vì‧to

Etymology 1

Noun

convito m (plural conviti)

1. banquet (for invited guests)

   Synonyms: convivio, banchetto

Further reading

• convito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

convito

1. first-person singular present indicative of convitare

Latin

Etymology

From invītō, influenced by the unrelated convīvium (“a banquet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈu̯iː.toː/, [kɔnˈu̯iːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈvi.to/, [koɱˈviːt̪o]

Verb

convītō (present infinitive convītāre, perfect active convītāvī, supine convītātum); first conjugation

1. (Medieval Latin, nonstandard) to invite

Conjugation

Conjugation of convītō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	convītō	convītās	convītat	convītāmus	convītātis	convītant
	imperfect	convītābam	convītābās	convītābat	convītābāmus	convītābātis	convītābant
	future	convītābō	convītābis	convītābit	convītābimus	convītābitis	convītābunt
	perfect	convītāvī	convītāvistī	convītāvit	convītāvimus	convītāvistis	convītāvērunt, convītāvēre
	pluperfect	convītāveram	convītāverās	convītāverat	convītāverāmus	convītāverātis	convītāverant
	future perfect	convītāverō	convītāveris	convītāverit	convītāverimus	convītāveritis	convītāverint
passive	present	convītor	convītāris, convītāre	convītātur	convītāmur	convītāminī	convītantur
	imperfect	convītābar	convītābāris, convītābāre	convītābātur	convītābāmur	convītābāminī	convītābantur
	future	convītābor	convītāberis, convītābere	convītābitur	convītābimur	convītābiminī	convītābuntur
	perfect	convītātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	convītātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	convītātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	convītem	convītēs	convītet	convītēmus	convītētis	convītent
	imperfect	convītārem	convītārēs	convītāret	convītārēmus	convītārētis	convītārent
	perfect	convītāverim	convītāverīs	convītāverit	convītāverīmus	convītāverītis	convītāverint
	pluperfect	convītāvissem	convītāvissēs	convītāvisset	convītāvissēmus	convītāvissētis	convītāvissent
passive	present	convīter	convītēris, convītēre	convītētur	convītēmur	convītēminī	convītentur
	imperfect	convītārer	convītārēris, convītārēre	convītārētur	convītārēmur	convītārēminī	convītārentur
	perfect	convītātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	convītātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	convītā	—	—	convītāte	—
	future	—	convītātō	convītātō	—	convītātōte	convītantō
passive	present	—	convītāre	—	—	convītāminī	—
	future	—	convītātor	convītātor	—	—	convītantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		convītāre	convītāvisse	convītātūrum esse	convītārī	convītātum esse	convītātum īrī
participles		convītāns	—	convītātūrus	—	convītātus	convītandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		convītandī	convītandō	convītandum	convītandō	convītātum	convītātū

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: convitare
• Sardinian:
  • combidare, cumbidai, cumbidare, cumbitare
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: convidâ
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: cunveer
    • French: convier
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: convidar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: convidar
  • Galician: convidar
  • Portuguese: convidar
  • Spanish: convidar
• Borrowings:
  • → Basque: gonbidatu (via the past participle)
  • → English: convite

See also

• convītātiō
  • 1257 C.E., Statuta Massiliensia

    Prohibemus ut nullus Notarius... recipiat... xenia vel dona, aut remunerationem, vel convivium seu Convitationem, etc.

    We forbid any notary... to accept... gifts or presents, remuneration, or [an invitation to] a feast or convitatio.

References

• Brodsky, David (2009) Spanish Vocabulary: An Etymological Approach, University of Texas Press
• convitare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “convitare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 174