conversus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conversus, conversus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
turning, twisting around;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg. - Entry →conversus, conversi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Religion
convert; one who has changed;
nom. sg. - Entry →convertor, converti, conversus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
convert; change, alter; refresh; turn;
nom. sg. 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;
nom. sg. (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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...illas posueram, ego illarum primum videram folium. Conversus ad ianuam 'quis est iste?' inquam 'iste decrepitus et merito..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...imperat". [XXXVII] Non potui amplius quicquam gustare, sed conversus ad eum, ut quam plurima exciperem, longe accersere fabulas..." - G
Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...iussisset crastinum, adiecit: "Si modo uti licuerit," et conversus ad proximos affirmavit, fore ut sequenti die luna..." - G
Otho
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...postquam Pisone praelato spe decidit, ad vim conversus est instigante super animi dolorem etiam magnitudine aeris alieni. Neque..." - G
Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...dealbatam statui crucem iussit. Paulatim in desidiam segnitiemque conversus est, ne quid materiae praeberet Neroni, et ut dicere..." - G
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...causa et quod suam quoque caedem depoposcisse cognoverat. Conversus hinc ad officia pietatis ius iurandum neque sanctius sibi..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...exemplum liberalitatis supergressus: "abite," inquit, "laeti, abite locupletes." Conversus hinc ad curam triumphi praeter captivos ac transfugas barbaros..." - A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...irarum solent." Et simul ad eum, qui caedebat, conversus: "interim," inquit "dum ego atque hic disputamus..."
