perversum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →perversus, perversa, perversum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
askew, awry; perverse, evil, bad;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →perverto, pervertere, perverti, perversus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
overthrow; subvert; destroy, ruin, corrupt;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...pati natae (di illas deaeque male perdant!) adeo perversum commentae genus inpudicitiae viros ineunt. Quid ergo mirandum..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quem auditor suo ingenio intellegit. Quidam, emutatis in perversum dicendi figuris, idem vitium consecuntur. XX. Pessima vero sunt..."
