conveniens

conveniens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of conveniō (“convene, assemble”)

Participle

conveniēns (genitive convenientis, adverb convenienter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. convening, meeting
2. accosting
3. fitting, suitable, meet

   Synonyms: opportūnus, commodus, habilis, aptus, idōneus, dignus, iūstus, lēgitimus, ūtilis, salūber, ūtēnsilis

   Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus

4. agreeing, accordant, harmonious, (internally) consistent

   Synonyms: cōnsonus, congruēns

   Antonyms: absonus, dissonus

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	conveniēns			convenientēs	convenientia
Genitive	convenientis			convenientium
Dative	convenientī			convenientibus
Accusative	convenientem	conveniēns		convenientēs convenientīs	convenientia
Ablative	conveniente convenientī1			convenientibus
Vocative	conveniēns			convenientēs	convenientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: convenient
• → Middle English: convenient
  • English: convenient
• Old French: covenant
  • French: convenant
  • → Middle English: covenant
    • English: covenant
  • → Scottish Gaelic: cùmhnant
• Portuguese: conveniente
• Spanish: conveniente

References

• “conveniens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conveniens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conveniens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) the perfect harmony of the universe: totius mundi convenientia et consensus