conversis
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. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →conversus, conversi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Religion
convert; one who has changed;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →convertor, converti, conversus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
convert; change, alter; refresh; turn;
abl. pl. perf. part.dat. 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. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - 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. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...factam, quam eiturum se esse, si vellemus audire. Conversis igitur omnium in se vultibus auribusque sic orsus..."Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...legionibus, quae sacramentum mutaverant, in paenitentiam religione conversis, postquam denuntiato ad novum imperatorem itinere casu quodam ac divinitus..."Terence
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...mari dicit cum C. et VIII. fabulis conversis a Menandro. Ceteri mortuum esse in Arcadia Stymphali sive Leuccadiae..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...attulit admovitque pecus flagrantibus aris. illi ad surgentem conversi lumina solem dant fruges manibus salsas et tempora ferro..."Aeneid II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Dardanidae infensi poenas cum sanguine poscunt?' quo gemitu conversi animi compressus et omnis impetus. hortamur fari quo sanguine..."Liber VIII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...appropinquare Caninium cognosset, copiis omnibus ad legiones conversis castra Romanorum oppugnare instituit. Cum complures dies in oppugnatione consumpsisset..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...reperiretur auxilium, fuga salutem petere contenderunt. Ac iam conversis in eam partem navibus quo ventus ferebat, tanta subito..."de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...Multa circa te lux est, omnium in istam conversi oculi sunt; prodire te putas? Oriris. 5. Loqui..."
