convulsi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →convulsus, convulsa, convulsum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Bio/medical
suffering from wrenching/dislocation of a limb;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →convulsum, convulsi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
dislocations (pl.); wrenches;
gen. sg.loc. sg. - 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);
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...discidium possunt artus perferre relicti, sed penitus pereunt convulsi conque putrescunt. ex ineunte aevo sic corporis atque animai..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...cunctos adfecit, quia vis aquarum prorumpens proxima trahebat, convulsis ulterioribus aut fragore et sonitu exterritis. simul Agrippina trepidatione..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...multi semianimes super turris et propugnacula moenium expiravere: convulsis portis reliquus globus obtulit se victoribus, et cecidere omnes..."
