convertebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →converto, convertere, converti, conversus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
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;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...pate fecerat aetas infantum, fugiens umorem aurasque petessens, convertebat ibi natura foramina terrae et sucum venis cogebat fundere..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...modo ventus dabat, saepissime Italici litoris aquilo possessor convertebat huc illuc obnoxiam ratem, et quod omnibus procellis periculosius..."Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...dicis, inquit. nam me ipsum huc modo venientem convertebat ad sese Coloneus ille locus, cuius incola Sophocles..."