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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
- companionship
- intercourse, intimacy
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
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.