converterunt
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;
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Halicarnasseus Dionysius. XVII. Praecipue tamen in se converterunt studia Apollodorus Pergamenus, qui praeceptor Apolloniae Caesaris Augusti fuit..."de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...victrices regiae copiae cornu suo dextro mediaque acie converterunt se ad XXXVI legionem. Quae tamen fortiter vincentium impetum..."