conventio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

conventĭo, ōnis, f. [convenio], a meeting, assembling.

I In gen. (very rare), Cod. Th. 8, 8, 3; 16, 2, 14 al.—

II Esp.

A = contio, an assembly, meeting (very rare), Varr. L. L. 6, § 87 sq. Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 113, 10: in conventione = in contione.—

B Agreement, covenant, convention, compact , Dig. 2, 14, 1 sq.; Liv. 27, 30, 12; Sen. Ira, 3, 26, 4; Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 2; Tac. H. 3, 70 al.—

C In manum conventio, of a woman, the coming into the hands (manus) of her husband by marriage , Gai Inst. 3, 24; Ulp. Fragm. 26, 7; cf. convenio, I. B. 2.—

D A judicial proceeding against one, indictment, charge (very rare): personae, Cod. Just. 3, 6, 3 al.

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