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
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..."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..."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..."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..."
