convito

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See also: convitò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈvi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: con‧vì‧to

Etymology 1

Noun

convito m (plural conviti)

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. (Medieval Latin, nonstandard) to invite

Conjugation

Descendants

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