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

Related terms

• convīctor
• convīctus
• convīvor

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.