convexas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →convexus, convexa, convexum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
arching/arched, vaulted, convex; well-rounded; [~ in => set in a curve round];; inclined, sloping downwards; concave;
acc. pl. (f.) - Entry →convexo, convexare, convexavi, convexatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
jostle, push against; press/squeeze together (L+S);
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...animos tamen omine tollit. tum breviter supera aspectans convexa precatur: 'alma parens Idaea deum, cui Dindyma cordi turrigeraeque..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...talis sese halitus atris faucibus effundens supera ad convexa ferebat. [unde locum Grai dixerunt nomine Aornum.] quattuor..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...infelix fatis exterrita Dido mortem orat; taedet caeli convexa tueri. quo magis inceptum peragat lucemque relinquat, vidit, turicremis..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...freta dum fluvii current, dum montibus umbrae lustrabunt convexa, polus dum sidera pascet, semper honos nomenque tuum laudesque..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...cavis elisi nubibus ignes; idem ego, cum subii convexa foramina terrae supposuique ferox imis mea terga cavernis, sollicito..."