conversae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conversa, conversae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Religion
convert; she who has changed;
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →convertor, converti, conversus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
convert; change, alter; refresh; turn;
dat. sg. perf. part.gen. sg. perf. part.nom. pl. 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;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.) - 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;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
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..." - L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...pretio. Senibus quoque libera virtus exciderat, sparsisque opibus conversa potestas ipsaque maiestas auro corrupta iacebat. Pellitur a populo..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - C
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..."
