convulsas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →convulsus, convulsa, convulsum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Bio/medical
suffering from wrenching/dislocation of a limb;
acc. pl. (f.) - Entry →convello, convellere, convelli, convulsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shatter, batter, convulse, shake violently; heave up, set in motion; overthrow;; pull/pluck/tug/tear up/at dislodge, uproot; wrench, strain, dislocate (limbs);
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
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Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, optusae obscurant, rasae exasperant, convulsae fractis sunt organis similes. XXI. Finditur etiam spiritus obiectu..." - P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...undas. haec loca vi quondam et vasta convulsa ruina (tantum aevi longinqua valet mutare vetustas) dissiluisse ferunt..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus, orto apud libertos certamine, quis deligeret uxorem Claudio, caelibis vitae intoleranti et coniugum..." - P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...sortiri prohibitus: Blaesis sacerdotia, integra eorum domo destinata, convulsa distulerat, tunc ut vacua contulit in alios; quod signum..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...effusius; unde gravior pestis fuit, conferta mole, dein convulsa, dum ruit intus aut in exteriora effunditur immensamque..."