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Etymology

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From con- (together) +‎ vīctus (living, nourishment) +‎ -tiō, modelled after convīvor (to feast together). This sense, with the long -ī-, is unrelated to English conviction.

Noun

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convīctiō f (genitive convīctiōnis); third declension

  1. companionship
  2. intercourse, intimacy

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative convīctiō convīctiōnēs
genitive convīctiōnis convīctiōnum
dative convīctiōnī convīctiōnibus
accusative convīctiōnem convīctiōnēs
ablative convīctiōne convīctiōnibus
vocative convīctiō convīctiōnēs
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References

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  • convictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • convictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • convictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.