conversio
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conversio, conversionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rotation/revolution/turning in complete circle; cycle (time); partial turn;; change/alteration; political change/upheaval; countering w/opposite conclusion;; turning upside down, inversion, transposition; prolapse; paraphrase/rewrite;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Romana dissentiunt. IV. Sed et illa ex Latinis conversio multum et ipsa contulerit. Ac de carminibus quidem neminem..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...crebra tum a primo repetitio, tum in extremum conversio, et in eadem verba impetus et concursio, et adiunctio..." - G
Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...quibus clamoribus omnia exceperint, qui modo reclamabant: tanta conversio vel negotii dignitatem vel proventum orationis vel actoris Constantiam..."