convivium

American  

[kuhn-viv-ee-uhm] / kənˈvɪv i əm /

noun

1. a banquet, feast, or gathering.

2. Biology, Ecology. a population of a species that, having adapted to geographical isolation, has developed differences from other members of the same species, often enough to be classified as a subspecies or ecotype.

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Etymology

Origin of convivium

First recorded in 1720–30; from Latin: “feast”; see origin at convivial ( def. )

Example Sentences

It is an assumption still widely accepted as true, but Harald Scholl, of the Munich Slow Food convivium, thinks otherwise.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2014

Catii dapes, Maecenatis convivium, ita me picturâ pascens inani, saepius volvebam.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst

In the Actio prima of his Verrine orations Cicero gives a graphic picture of a convivium beginning early, where the proposal was made and agreed to that the drinking should be "more graeco."

From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde

Post convivium, inquit, seria—'save up the sorrow until after supper.'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

For it was a good idea of our ancestors to style the presence of guests at a dinner-table—seeing that it implied a community of enjoyment—a convivium, "a living together."

From Treatises on Friendship and Old Age by Shuckburgh, Evelyn Shirley