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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈvi.to/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Hyphenation: con‧vì‧to
Etymology 1
Noun
convito m (plural conviti)
- 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
- first-person singular present indicative of convitare
Latin
Etymology
From invītō, influenced by the unrelated convīvium (“a banquet”).
Pronunciation
Verb
convītō (present infinitive convītāre, perfect active convītāvī, supine convītātum); first conjugation
- (Medieval Latin, nonstandard) to invite
Conjugation
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Sardinian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
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 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