conversatio
ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware
Latin > English
conversatio conversationis N F :: way/manner of life, conduct/behavior; monastic life; frequent resorting (place)
conversatio conversatio conversationis N F :: familiar intercourse/intimacy (w/person); acquaintance; (habitual) association
conversatio conversatio conversationis N F :: turning around; moving in place; constant practical experience; frequent use
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
conversātĭo: ōnis, f. converso (not ante-Aug.). *
I Frequent use, Sen. Ben. 3, 2, 2; cf. Cod. Th. 11, 21, 1 al.—
II Frequent abode in a place, Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 100; Dig. 11, 7, 12, § 1.—
III Intercourse, conversation (so most freq.): licentiosior cum viris, Sen. Exc. Contr. 6, 8: hominum, Vell. 2, 102, 3: multorum, Sen. Ep. 7, 1; Quint. 6, 3, 17; Tac. A. 12, 49; id. Or. 9: inter servos, Quint. 1, 2, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) conversātĭō,¹² ōnis, f. (conversor),
1 action de tourner et retourner qqch., usage fréquent de qqch. : Sen. Ben. 3, 2, 2
2 action de séjourner : Plin. 10, 100
3 commerce, intimité, fréquentation : Sen. Ep. 7, 1 ; Quint. 6, 3, 17.
(2) conversātĭō, ōnis, f. (converso), c. conversio : C. Aur. Acut. 2, 27, 143.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) conversātio1, ōnis, f. (converso), der Umschlag, die Wandelbarkeit, c. humana (der menschl. Dinge), Aur. Vict. epit. 18, 3.
(2) conversātio2, ōnis, f. (conversor), das Verkehren, I) im engern Sinne, das Verkehren, Sich-Aufhalten an einem Orte, frequentior, Plin. 10, 100: ne sepulchrum aliae conversationis usum accipiat, Ulp. dig. 11, 7, 12. § 1. – II) im weitern Sinne, der Verkehr, Umgang mit jmd., der Aufenthalt bei jmd., mit Genet., hominum, Vell.: amicorum, Tac.: nutricis (der Hirschkuh), Iustin.: Parthicae crudelitatis, Iustin. – m. cum u. Abl., u. m. inter u. Akk., c. cum viris licentiosior Sen. rhet.: c. inter servos, Quint. – absol., omnem conversationem tollere et generi humano renuntiare, Sen.: extra conversationem iacēre, außer Gebrauch (v. Lebl.), Sen.
