conversos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conversus, conversus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
turning, twisting around;
gen. sg. - Entry →conversus, conversi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Religion
convert; one who has changed;
acc. pl.nom. sg. - Entry →convertor, converti, conversus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
convert; change, alter; refresh; turn;
acc. 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;
acc. pl. (m.) - 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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...pristino", id est priore, quod vulgo "pridie" dicitur, converso compositionis ordine, quasi "pristino die". Atque item simili figura..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...cogitationes meas tracto et aliquid in animo salutare converso. Cum me amicis dedi, non tamen mihi abduco..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...etiam, si quando in tergum pulsa recessit, spicula converso fugientia derigit arcu. at circum lectae comites, Larinaque virgo..." - P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...loco, qui casus agat res, portam vi multa converso cardine torquet obnixus latis umeris, multosque suorum moenibus exclusos..." - M
In Catilinam IV
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...omnium vestrum ora atque oculos esse conversos, video vos non solum de vestro ac rei publicae, verum etiam..." - M
In Catilinam III
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...signum statueretur? Quo collocato atque ad vos senatumque converso omnia [et senatus et vos], quae erant contra salutem..." - G
Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...frumentaria intercludi posse confiderent, commutato consilio atque itinere converso nostros a novissimo agmine insequi ac lacessere coeperunt. Postquam..." - G
Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...cupidissime reciperet. Quibus rebus perterritus Varro, cum itinere converso sese Italicam venturum praemisisset, certior ab suis factus..."
