conventio
νέῳ δὲ σιγᾶν μᾶλλον ἢ λαλεῖν πρέπει → it's fitting for a young man to keep silence rather than to speak (Menander)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
conventĭo: ōnis, f. convenio,
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
conventĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (convenio),
1 assemblée du peuple : Varro L. 6, 87 ; P. Fest. 113, 10 || réunion, jonction : Mercat. Theod. col. 978 || union charnelle : Arn. 5, 10 ; Aug. Faust. 22, 50 || in manum conventio Serv. En. 4, 103, action de venir sous la puissance du mari, cf. Gaius Inst. 3, 14
2 convention, pacte : Liv. 27, 30, 12 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 1, 2
3 citation en justice : Cod. Just. 3, 6, 3.
