convictus

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Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of convincō.

Participle

convictus (feminine convicta, neuter convictum); first/second-declension participle

  1. convinced
  2. conquered
  3. convicted
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative convictus convicta convictum convictī convictae convicta
genitive convictī convictae convictī convictōrum convictārum convictōrum
dative convictō convictae convictō convictīs
accusative convictum convictam convictum convictōs convictās convicta
ablative convictō convictā convictō convictīs
vocative convicte convicta convictum convictī convictae convicta
Descendants
  • Catalan: convicte
  • English: convict
  • Portuguese: convicto
  • Romanian: convict
  • Spanish: convicto

Etymology 2

Derived from convīctum, supine of convīvō (I live together, I banquet).

Noun

convīctus m (genitive convīctūs); fourth declension

  1. communal life
  2. banquet
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative convīctus convīctūs
genitive convīctūs convīctuum
dative convīctuī convīctibus
accusative convīctum convīctūs
ablative convīctū convīctibus
vocative convīctus convīctūs
Descendants

References

  • convictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • convictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • convictus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be convicted by some one's evidence: testibus teneri, convictum esse