convulsum
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. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →convulsum, convulsi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
dislocations (pl.); wrenches;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. 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);
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...coniunx. una omnes ruere ac totum spumare reductis convulsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor. alta petunt; pelago credas innare..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...freta versa lacertis. infindunt pariter sulcos, totumque dehiscit convulsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor. non tam praecipites biiugo certamine..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...intemperiem caeli incusantes; robora tamen legionibus alisque subtracta, convulsum castrorum decus, viginti milibus e toto exercitu permixtis magis..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...Manet tamen honor legum, nihilque ex publica utilitate convulsum: nec poena cuiquam remissa, sed addita est ultio, solumque..."