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
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...pristino", id est priore, quod vulgo "pridie" dicitur, converso compositionis ordine, quasi "pristino die". Atque item simili figura..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."
