conversatio

Latin

Etymology

From conversō (“interact with, pass time with”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.werˈsaː.ti.oː/, [kɔn.wɛrˈsaː.ti.oː]

Noun

conversātiō f (genitive conversātiōnis); third declension

  1. way of life, conduct or behaviour
  2. monastic life
  3. conversation

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative conversātiō conversātiōnēs
Genitive conversātiōnis conversātiōnum
Dative conversātiōnī conversātiōnibus
Accusative conversātiōnem conversātiōnēs
Ablative conversātiōne conversātiōnibus
Vocative conversātiō conversātiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • conversatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conversatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conversatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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