conversa
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conversa, conversae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Religion
convert; she who has changed;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →convertor, converti, conversus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
convert; change, alter; refresh; turn;
abl. sg. perf. part.acc. pl. perf. part.nom. sg. perf. part.nom. pl. perf. part.voc. sg. perf. part.voc. pl. perf. part. - Entry →conversus, conversa, conversum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
upside down; inverted; turned backward; recurved; facing in specified direction;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →converso, conversare, conversavi, conversatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
turn, turn over in the mind, ponder; turn around (L+S);
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →converro, converrere, converri, conversus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sweep/brush/scrape together/thoroughly/up; sweep/beat clean; clear away (L+S);; turn upside down/side-to-side; invert/transpose/convulse; turn over (soil)/dig;; turn backwards, recoil; retort; drive back, repulse; direct (course/attention);; translate; modify, adapt; change/alter/transform; convert (to cash), pay over;; cause to turn/revolve, rotate; turn/wheel about; reverse; shift/transfer;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...placentur [ut] omnia rursum * * * quae fuerint, sint placato conversa furore. cetera quae fieri in terris caeloque tuentur mortales..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...regno. Sed postquam subrepentibus vitiis in tyrannidem regna conversa sunt, opus esse legibus coepit, quas et ipsas inter..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...pretio. Senibus quoque libera virtus exciderat, sparsisque opibus conversa potestas ipsaque maiestas auro corrupta iacebat. Pellitur a populo..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...antecesserunt: nam cum Aeolus a lunone rogatus "cavum conversa cuspide montem impulit in latus, et venti velut agmine..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...captant, nec qualia vulgo iactantur a vilissimo quoque, conversa in maledictum fere ambiguitate: ne illa quidem quae Ciceroni..."XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...quae protinus humi iacuissent, in usus hominum conversa, inauditus tamen livor videretur etiam apibus invidere. nunc vero disserendum..."XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...civitatum copias reconducit. paene a conspectu nostro vela conversa sunt: quantulo minus quam con esti frumenti pulverem vidimus..."Atticus
Cornelius Nepos from LIBER DE LATINIS HISTORICIS
"...esset, intuebatur, quam quid alii laudaturi forent. Conversa subito fortuna est. Ut Antonius rediit in Italiam, nemo..."
