convenientia
κρειττότερον ἐστὶν εἰδέναι ἐν μέσῃ τῇ Πόλει φακιόλιον βασιλεῦον Τούρκου, ἢ καλύπτραν λατινικήν → I would rather see a Turkish turban in the midst of the City than the Latin mitre
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
convĕnĭentĭa: ae, f. convenio, II. A. 2.,
I a meeting together, agreement, accord, harmony, symmetry, conformity, suitableness, fitness (a Ciceronian philosoph. word).
(a) With gen.: convenientia naturae cum extis, Cic. Div. 2, 15, 34; cf.: convenientia et conjunctio naturae, quam vocant συμπάθειαν, id. ib. 2, 60, 124; and: convenientia conservatioque naturae, id. Off. 1, 28, 100: partium (with pulchritudo, venustas), id. ib. 1, 4, 14: temporum (in cursibus stellarum, with constantia), id. N. D. 2, 21, 54: rerum in amicitiā (with stabilitas, constantia), id. Lael. 27, 100.—
(b) Absol.: quod (summum bonum) cum positum sit in eo, quod ὁμολογίαν Stoici, nos appellemus convenientiam, si placet, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 21; cf.: virtus convenientiā constat, etc., Sen. Ep. 74, 30.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
convĕnĭentĭa,¹⁴ æ, f. (conveniens),
1 accord parfait, harmonie, sympathie : convenientia naturæ Cic. Div. 2, 124, v. conjunctio ; convenientia naturæ cum extis Cic. Div. 2, 34, rapport entre les phénomènes naturels et les entrailles des victimes ; convenientia partium Cic. Off. 1, 14, proportion des parties
2 abst] convenance (ὁμολογία) : Cic. Fin. 3, 21.
