convulsos
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. (m.) - 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
Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...retro naris medioque est fixa palato. hunc pede convulso mensae Pellaeus acernae stravit humi Pelates deiecto in pectora..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...mulcant, sexageni singulos, ut numerum centurionum adaequarent: tum convulsos laniatosque et partim exanimos ante vallum aut in amnem..."
