conclave
From: squilluncus
Message: 37236
Date: 2005-04-18
There are some non-deverbalized nouns in Latin having the prefix con-:
conclave, compes, consul, contumelia, and an adjective: communis.
What is your opinion of the formation conclave?
Is it to be analysed as simply as a substantivation of 'cum clave'?
Lars