convertimur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →convertor, converti, conversus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
convert; change, alter; refresh; turn;
pl. pres. ind. 1st - 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. pres. pass. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...tubero, in acie Pharsalica?" sive ad invocationem aliquam convertimur: "vos enim iam ego, Albani tumuli atque luci", sive..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...eaque perpetua: ad hanc dirigimur, ad hanc convertimur: nec tam imperio nobis opus est, quam exemplo. Quippe infidelis..."
