conversatio
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Latin
Etymology
From conversor (“interact with, pass time with”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kon.u̯erˈsaː.ti.oː/, [kɔnu̯ɛrˈs̠äːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.verˈsat.t͡si.o/, [koɱverˈsät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
conversātiō f (genitive conversātiōnis); third declension
- way of life, conduct or behaviour
- familiarity
- monastic life
- conversation
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | conversātiō | conversātiōnēs |
| Genitive | conversātiōnis | conversātiōnum |
| Dative | conversātiōnī | conversātiōnibus |
| Accusative | conversātiōnem | conversātiōnēs |
| Ablative | conversātiōne | conversātiōnibus |
| Vocative | conversātiō | conversātiōnēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: conversació
- Old French: conversacion
- → Dutch: conversatie
- → Middle English: conversacioun
- English: conversation
- French: conversation
- → Romanian: conversație
- Galician: conversación
- Italian: conversazione
- → Middle Irish: coinbersáid
- Irish: cumarsáid
- Portuguese: conversação
- Spanish: conversación
References
- “conversatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conversatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conversatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.