convellens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →convello, convellere, convelli, convulsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shatter, batter, convulse, shake violently; heave up, set in motion; overthrow;; pull/pluck/tug/tear up/at dislodge, uproot; wrench, strain, dislocate (limbs);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...attulerat tum forte dies iamque aspera nisu undique convellens veteris cum strage pruinae vincula prensa manu saxis abduxerat..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...otium adsidebat, nuntiis et promissis fidem legionum convellens. Haec in Germania ante Cremonense proelium gesta, cuius eventum litterae..."