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..."- P
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..."