con-termĭnus

con-termĭnus, a, um, adj., bordering upon, neighboring, having a common border (not ante-Aug.; perh. first used by Ovid).

Prop.

In gen.

With dat.:

morus fonti,

Ov. M. 4, 90; 1, 774; 15, 315:

stabula ripae,

id. ib. 8, 553:

quercus tiliae,

id. ib. 8, 621:

Aethiopia Aegypto,

Plin. 13, 14, 28, § 90 et saep.—

With gen.:

locos jugi,

App. M. 6, p. 178, 38; 6, p. 180, 16:

aesculus aedis,

Sil. 5, 510.—

With abl.:

locum lacu aliquo,

App. M. 4, p. 150, 12.—

Absol.:

ager,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 35.—

Substt.

contermĭnum, i, n., a neighboring region, a confine, border:

in contermino Arabiae,

Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 122:

in longinqua et contermina Scythiae fugam maturavit,

Tac. A. 6, 36.—

contermĭ-nus, i, m., a neighbor, Col. 1, 3, 7.—

Trop.:

virtus morti,

Stat. Th. 7, 702.

con-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. and a. (a strengthened cedo, and corresp. with it in most of its signiff.); lit., to go, walk; hence,

Neutr., with reference to the terminus a quo, to go or walk away from a place, to depart, retire, withdraw, remove from (in lit. signif. rare but class.).

In gen.:

concedite atque abscedite omnes, de viā decedite,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 1; so absol., Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 102; id. Hec. 4, 2, 21; cf.:

ipsae concedite silvae,

farewell, Verg. E. 10, 63.—With prep.:

a foribus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 82:

abs te,

id. Pers. 1, 1, 51:

ab oculis alicujus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

superis ab oris,

Verg. A. 2, 91:

ex aedibus,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 57.—With abl. only:

oculis,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 16:

caelo,

Verg. A. 10, 215:

solio,

Sil. 3, 628.—With adv.:

hinc,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 158; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 126; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 11.—

Esp.

Pregn. ( = cedo, II. A. 2.), to pass away, disappear, vanish, in Tac. (with and without vitā), to depart from life, die:

tumor et irae Concessere deūm,

Verg. A. 8, 41:

vitā,

to die, Tac. A. 1, 3; 3, 30; 6, 39; 12, 39; 14, 51; and absol.: quandoque concessero, id. ib. 4, 38; 13, 30;

the same: concessit superis ab oris,

Verg. A. 2, 91; cf.:

vitā per auras concessit ad Manes,

id. ib. 10, 820. —

With dat. or absol., prop. qs. to go out of the way for one (on account of his wishes, or his superior power or excellence), i. e. to yield to, submit, give way to, adapt one's self to.

To yield or submit to power or compulsion:

ut magnitudini medicinae doloris magnitudo concederet,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 29, 63:

certum est, concedere homini nato nemini,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 15:

neque nox quoquam concedit die (i. e. diei),

id. Am. 1, 1, 120 (cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 48): cedant arma togae, concedat laurea linguae, Cic. Poët. Off. 1, 22, 77 (cf. id. Pis. 30, 74, and Quint. 11, 1, 24):

bellum ac tumultum paci atque otio concessurum,

id. Pis. 30, 73:

voluptatem concessuram dignitati,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 1:

injuriae,

Sall. J. 14, 24:

obsidioni,

i. e. permit, Tac. A. 13, 40:

operi meo concedite,

Ov. M. 8, 393; id. F. 1, 222:

naturae,

i. e. to die, Sall. J. 14, 15; so,

fato,

Plin. Pan. 11, 3:

fatis magnis,

Val. Fl. 1, 554:

apparebat aut hostibus aut civibus de victoriā concedendum esse,

Liv. 4, 6, 6; cf. so impers.:

postquam concessum propemodum de victoriā credebant,

id. 3, 60, 4.—

To give place to in excellence, dignity, rank, etc., to yield to, to give precedence:

me amantissimum tui, nemini concedentem,

Cic. Fam. 10, 3, 2; so id. ib. 4, 3, 1;

4, 3, 4: etsi de cupiditate nemini concedam,

id. Att. 12, 47, 2:

sese unis Suebis concedere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 7:

majestati ejus viri concedere,

Liv. 6, 6, 7:

aetati,

Sall. J. 11, 4; id. H. Fragm. 1, 17; cf. so impers.:

Sulla, cujus facundiae, non aetati a Manlio concessum,

id. J. 102, 4:

vigenti Silio,

Tac. A. 3, 43:

seniori Sentio,

id. ib. 2, 74:

ut vix Apronio illi de familiaritate concedere videatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 108:

Antario Varoque de gloriā,

Tac. H. 3, 64:

nemini in illa causā studio et cupiditate concedere,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:

nec amore in hanc patriam nobis concedunt,

Tac. A. 11, 24:

nec, si muneribus certes, concedat Iollas,

Verg. E. 2, 57.—With acc. of quantity (cf. 3. infra):

magistro tantulum de arte,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118:

alicui quicquam in desperatione,

id. Att. 14, 18, 3. —

To yield, submit to one's will, comply with one's wishes:

ut tibi concedam, neque tuae libidini advorsabor,

Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 3:

matri meae,

id. ib. 3, 5, 28:

concessit senatus postulationi tuae,

Cic. Mur. 23, 47:

jurisconsultis concedi,

id. Caecin. 24, 67.— Impers.:

Caesar... concedendum non putabat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 7.—

Like sunchôrein tini, to assent to, concede to:

nunquamne hodie concedes mihi Neque intelleges, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 22 (credes, consenties, Ruhnk.):

stultum me fateor, liceat concedere veris,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 305 (cf. in Gr. sunchôrein têi alêtheiai).—

To assent to, grant, pardon, allow, etc.:

quos (judices) alienis peccatis concessuros putes, quo facilius ipsis peccare liceat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

poëtae non ignoscit, nobis concedit,

id. de Or. 3, 51, 198:

dicto concedi,

id. Rosc. Am. 1, 3:

cui (vitio) si concedere nolis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 140; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 85.—Hence (cf. cedo, II. A. 3. fin.),

Act., with acc. (and dat.) aliquid alicui.

To grant, concede, allow; to consign something over to, to resign, yield, vouchsafe, confirm to, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition):

illum mihi aequius est quam me illi quae volo concedere,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 47:

si nunc de tuo jure concessisses paululum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 9:

partem octavam pretii,

Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 3:

date hoc et concedite pudori meo, ut, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32; cf. Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 16:

alicui primas in dicendo partis,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 49:

amicis quicquid velint,

id. Lael. 11, 38:

neque quicquam illius audaciae,

id. Caecin. 35, 103:

doctrinam alicui,

Quint. 11, 1, 89; cf.:

artes tibi,

Cic. Quint. 30, 93:

intellegentiam, prudentiam,

Quint. 12, 1, 3:

principatum imperii maritimi Atheniensibus,

Nep. Timoth. 2, 2; cf. id. Dion, 6, 3; Suet. Aug. 66; id. Tib. 4; Prop. 2 (3), 15, 37; cf.:

tempus quieti, aut luxuriae,

Sall. J. 61, 3:

tempestivum pueris ludum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 142:

libertatem his,

Caes. B. G. 4, 15 fin.:

vitam alicui,

Suet. Caes. 68; id. Aug. 13; 16: crimen gratiae, i. e. to accuse or inform against for the sake of favor, Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 19:

peccata alicui,

to pardon him, id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128:

delicta,

Suet. Ner. 29.— Pass.: Siciliam nimis celeri desperatione rerum concessam, [p. 397] had been ceded, given up, Liv. 21, 1, 5:

Scaevolae concessa est facundiae virtus,

Quint. 12, 3, 9; 10, 1, 100 et saep.:

acrius... Ulcisci, quam nunc concessum est legibus aequis,

Lucr. 5, 1148; cf. Nep. Them. 10 fin.; Suet. Tib. 18.— Poet., with in and acc.:

concessit in iras Ipse... genitor Calydona Dianae,

gave over to be punished, Verg. A. 7, 305.—

With dat. and inf.:

nec nostrā dicere linguā Concedit nobis patrii sermonis egestas,

Lucr. 1, 831; so,

ducere neptem,

Cat. 64, 29:

esse poëtis,

Hor. A. P. 373; Suet. Aug. 44 et saep.— Impers. pass.:

de re publicā nisi per concilium loqui non conceditur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 20 fin.:

quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12; Quint. 12, 1, 37; 12, 1, 42; 8, 6, 76; Suet. Ner. 12:

servis quoque pueros hujus aetatis verberare concedimus,

Curt. 8, 8, 3:

concedunt plangere matri,

Stat. Th. 6, 134:

cum accusare etiam palam concessum sit,

Quint. 6, 3, 28; 2, 17, 27; 11, 3, 150: 8, 3, 30; 12, 3, 8 al.— Poet.:

fatis numquam concessa moveri Camarina,

not allowed. forbidden to be removed, Verg. A. 3, 700; cf.

also personally: haec ubi conceduntur esse facta, for conceditur haec esse facta,

Cic. Caecin. 15, 44.—

With acc. and inf.:

non omnia corpora vocem Mittere concedis,

you grant, Lucr. 2, 835:

oculos falli,

id. 4, 380; Quint. 2, 5, 25:

culpam inesse concedam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76:

poëtas legendos oratori futuro,

Quint. 1, 10, 29.— Pass. impers.:

concedatur profecto verum esse, ut, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50. —

With ut or ne:

nec vero histrionibus oratoribusque concedendum est, ut iis haec apta sint, nobis dissoluta,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129:

verum concedo tibi ut ea praetereas, quae, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54:

concedant ut viri boni fuerint,

id. Lael. 5, 18; id. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Lucr. 2, 658:

non concedo, ut sola sint,

Quint. 6, 2, 11 al.: cui concedi potest, ut? etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 21:

ut concedatur ne in conspectum veniat,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48.—

With a simple subj.:

concedo sit dives,

Cat. 114, 5; Ov. A. A. 1, 523. —

Absol.:

beatos esse deos sumpsisti: concedimus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 89; id. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 2:

consules neque concedebant neque valde repugnabant,

Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 44.—

= condono, to grant or yield something to one as a favor or from regard, to desist from, forbear, give up; forgive, pardon:

inimicitias rei publicae,

to give up for the sake of the State, Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 44:

petitionem alicui,

from regard to, id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:

peccata liberum parentum misericordiae,

id. Clu. 69, 195:

cum Marcellum senatui reique publicae concessisti,

id. Marcell. 1, 3:

ut concessisti illum (sc. Marcellum) senatui, sic da hunc (sc. Ligarium) populo,

as you have pardoned him in deference to the Senate, id. Lig. 12, 37; cf. Nep. Att. 7 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 55; 4, 31:

Montanus patri concessus est,

id. ib. 16, 33 fin.

Neutr., in respect to the terminus ad quem, to go, walk, betake one's self somewhere, to retire, withdraw to, etc.; with ad, in, or adv.:

tantisper hic ego ad januam concessero,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 5, 6 Wagn.; cf.:

ad Manes,

i. e. to die, Verg. A. 10, 820:

ad victorem,

Tac. H. 2, 51:

ad dexteram,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 12:

caeli distributio docet unde fulmen venerit, quo concesserit,

Cic. Div. 2, 20, 45; so Lucr. 1, 380:

huc,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 28; id. Trin. 2, 4, 116; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 122; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 270, 8:

istuc,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 56; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 39:

vis animae in altum,

Lucr. 4, 919:

in delubrum,

Liv. 30, 20, 6:

in hiberna,

id. 26, 20, 6; cf.:

Carthaginem Novam in hiberna,

id. 21, 15, 3:

Argos habitatum,

Nep. Them. 8, 1:

Cythnum,

Tac. A. 3, 69:

Neapolin,

id. ib. 14, 10:

Patavium,

id. H. 3, 11:

in insulam,

id. ib. 5, 19:

in turbam,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 143:

trans Rhenum,

Tac. H. 5, 23:

concede huc a foribus,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 48:

hinc intro,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 158; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 126:

hinc aliquo ab ore eorum,

id. Heaut. 3, 3, 11; cf.:

aliquo ab eorum oculis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

hinc rus,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 7.—

Trop.: in aliquid, of entering into an alliance, yielding to, etc., to agree or consent to, to assent, to submit, yield, or resign one's self, to acquiesce in, to go or pass over to any thing (freq. in the histt.):

mulier, conjuncta viro, concessit in unum Conubium,

Lucr. 5, 1010; cf.:

in matrimonium,

Just. 24, 2, 10: victi omnes in gentem nomenque imperantium concessere, were merged in, passed over into, Sall. J. 18, 12; so,

in paucorum potentium jus atque dicionem,

id. C. 20, 7; cf.:

in dicionem,

Liv. 38, 16, 9:

in dominationem,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 22 Gerl.:

in deditionem,

Liv. 28, 7, 9; 39, 2, 4; 42, 53, 7:

in Tyrias leges,

Sil. 15, 6:

in condiciones,

Liv. 2, 33, 1:

in sententiam,

id. 32, 23, 12; 32, 36, 8; Tac. A. 1, 79 fin.; cf.: in illos, assent to, yield to them, Cic. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Avid. 3, 7:

in partes,

Tac. H. 2, 1.

con-verto ( - vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to turn or whirl round, to wheel about, to cause to turn, to turn back, reverse; and with the designation of the terminus in quem, to turn or direct somewhere, to direct to or towards, to move or turn to, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.

With a simple acc.:

caelos omnes,

Lucr. 2, 1097; cf.:

in infimo orbe luna convertitur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:

minore sonitu quam putaram, orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,

id. Att. 2, 9, 1:

manum,

Quint. 11, 3, 100:

reddita inclusarum ex speluncā boum vox Herculem convertit,

Liv. 1, 7, 7:

ter se convertit,

Ov. M. 7, 189:

crines calamistro,

i. e. to curl, Petr. 102, 15 et saep.—

With the designation of the terminus in quem.

By in:

equos frenis in hostes,

Lucr. 5, 1317:

naves in eam partem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 15:

ferrum in me,

Verg. A. 9, 427:

omnium ora atque oculos in aliquem,

Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 1 (cf. under B. 1.):

iter in provinciam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 56:

se in Phrygiam,

Nep. Ages. 3, 2 et saep.—Medial:

in fugam nemo convortitur,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 83 Fleck.—

By ad:

ad hunc se confestim a Pulfione omnis multitudo convertit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 10:

eam materiam ad hostem,

id. ib. 3, 29:

colla ad freta,

Ov. M. 15, 516:

tum bis ad occasum, bis se convertit ad ortum,

id. ib. 14, 386:

nos ad judicem,

Quint. 11, 3, 157 et saep.—

By contra:

tigna contra vim atque impetum fluminis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5.—

By sub:

cursum sub terras,

Lucr. 5, 654.—

By the dat.:

majus lumen in diem nobis luna,

Lucr. 5, 706.—Medial:

Zephyro convertitur ales Itque super Libyen,

Luc. 9, 689.—

By local adv.:

aspectum facile quo vellent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142.—

By the acc. alone:

se domum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t.: convertere signa, aciem, etc., to wheel about, change the direction of a march:

conversa signa in hostes inferre,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

Romani conversa signa bipartito intulerunt,

id. ib. 1, 25:

reliquos sese convertere cogunt,

to retreat, id. B. C. 1, 46:

cum conversis signis retro in urbem rediretur,

Liv. 8, 11, 4; cf.:

convertunt inde signa,

id. 3, 54, 10 Drak. ad loc. (where Weissenb. ex conj., convellunt):

aciem,

id. 42, 57, 12; so,

aciem in fugam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52. —

Rhet. t. t., of words, to transpose, interchange:

non modo mutare quaedam verba, sed extendere, corripere, convertere, dividere cogitur (poësis),

Quint. 10, 1, 29.—

Trop.

In gen.:

ut ab eo quod agitur avertat animos, ut saepe in hilaritatem risumve convertat,

Cic. Or. 40, 138; so,

risum in judicem,

id. de Or. 2, 60, 245:

omnem orationem transduxi et converti in increpandam Caepionis fugam,

id. ib. 2, 48, 199:

rationem in fraudem malitiamque,

to employ, id. N. D. 3, 31, 78; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114 and 115:

beneficium in injuriam,

Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 1 et saep.:

animos imperitorum ad deorum cultum a vitae pravitate,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77; cf. Liv. 24, 4, 4 and 9: qui eas copias, quas diu simulatione rei publicae comparabant, subito ad patriae periculum converterunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, a, 5 fin.:

facultatem dicendi ad hominum perniciem,

Quint. 2, 20, 2 et saep.:

ingenium et studium ad causas agendas,

Tac. Or. 14 et saep.:

se aliquando ad timorem, numquam ad sanitatem,

Cic. Sull. 5, 17; id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

se ad philosophos,

id. Fin. 5, 3, 7; cf. id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 5 et saep.:

quocumque te animo et cogitatione converteris,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

aculeum testimonii sui,

id. Fl. 34, 86:

argumentum,

Gell. 5, 10, 3.—Of turning to the political support of any one:

tota civitas se ad eos convertisse videretur,

Nep. Att. 8, 1; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12; Sen. Clem. 1, 4, 3; cf.:

fama hujus rei convertit ad Masinissam Numidas,

Liv. 29, 30, 7.— Pass. in mid. sense:

cuncta ad victoris opes conversa,

Tac. H. 3, 44.—In eccl. Lat., to convert to Christianity, etc.:

aliquem ad fidem Christi,

Hier. in Philem. 5, 10 sq. —Esp. freq. of turning or arresting the attention:

illud intellego, omnium ora in me convorsa esse,

Sall. J. 85, 5:

converterat Cn. Pompeii persona totum in se terrarum orbem,

Vell. 2, 31, 1:

proximas (provincias) in se,

Suet. Vesp. 4 al.: nihil opus est, ad continendas custodias plures commilitones converti, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 20 (31), 1:

omnium oculos ad se,

Nep. Alcib. 3, 5.—And with inanimate things as subjects:

cum aliqua iis ampla et honesta res objecta totos ad se convertit et rapit,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—Since the Aug. per. also freq. with a simple acc.:

sive elephas albus volgi converteret ora,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 196; Suet. Calig. 35; cf. Liv. 26, 29, 2:

animos,

id. 29, 26, 5:

homines quaqua iret,

Suet. Tit. 5.—

Pregn., to change the nature of a thing; i. e. to change, alter, transform, turn.

With a simple acc.:

omnes Res ita convortant formas mutentque colores,

Lucr. 2, 1005; cf. id. 1, 678:

omnia,

id. 4, 441:

tellus induit ignotas hominum conversa figuras,

Ov. M. 1, 88:

humanam vicem (venena),

Hor. Epod. 5, 88:

rem,

Cic. Att. 8, 13, 2:

rem publicam,

to bring into disorder, id. Fl. 38, 94:

hunc ordinem,

Quint. 7, 2, 15:

animum avaritiā,

Sall. J. 29, 1:

vitae viam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26:

studia,

id. A. P. 166 et saep.:

conversi animum vultumque,

Tac. H. 1, 85: castra castris, to change camp with camp (i. e. to establish new camps by constantly removing), Caes. B. C. 1, 81.—

In gram.: casus conversi, = casus obliqui,

the cases which undergo a change of form, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64.—

With ad:

nisi si id putas, non posse jam ad salutem convorti hoc malum,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 48:

poena omnis oculorum ad caecitatem mentis est conversa,

Cic. Dom. 40, 105:

mater magna, cujus ludi violati, polluti, paene ad caedem et ad funus civitatis conversi sunt,

id. Har. Resp. 11, 24:

quod ad perniciem suam fuerat cogitatum, id ad salutem convertit,

Nep. Dat. 6, 8.—

With in:

si antequam tumor discutiatur in suppurationem convertitur,

Col. 6, 17, 6:

jam ego me convortam in hirudinem,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

deum sese in hominem,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 40:

Hecubam in canem,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

terras in freti formam,

Ov. M. 11, 209:

deum (sc. Jovem) in pretium (i. e. aurum),

Hor. C. 3, 16, 8:

vim morbi in quartanam,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1 et saep.:

crimen in laudem,

id. Fl. 29, 70:

amicitiae se in graves inimicitias,

id. Lael. 21, 78; Quint. 12, 1, 2 et saep.—

Of written works, to translate:

converti ex Atticis duorum eloquentissimorum nobilissimas orationes... nec converti ut interpres, sed ut orator, etc.,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14:

orationes e Graeco,

id. ib. 6, 18:

aliqua de Graecis,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:

librum in Latinum,

id. Off. 2, 24, 87; id. Tusc. 3, 14, 29; cf. id. Fin. 1, 2, 5; id. N. D. 2, 41, 104.—

Neutr., to relurn (rare).

Lit.:

inde (imago) retro rursum redit et convertit eodem,

Lucr. 4, 334 (Lachm. conj. convertitur):

clam cum paucis ad pedites convortit,

Sall. J. 101, 6:

in regnum suum,

id. ib. 20, 4:

convortit Varro,

Sil. 9, 645:

ad me,

Gell. 1, 26, 3.—

Trop.

To return, turn:

in amicitiam atque in gratiam,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 18:

ad sapientiora,

Tac. A. 3, 55.—

To change, turn:

hoc vitium huic uni in bonum convertebat,

Cic. Brut. 38, 141; id. de Or. 3, 29, 114; id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 9, 17:

regium imperium in superbiam dominationemque,

Sall. C. 6, 7 Kritz:

ne ista vobis mansuetudo et misericordia... in miseriam convortet,

id. ib. 52, 27:

ad aliquem, of political support,

Cic. Planc. 20, 50; Tac. A. 12, 18.

con-verto ( - vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to turn or whirl round, to wheel about, to cause to turn, to turn back, reverse; and with the designation of the terminus in quem, to turn or direct somewhere, to direct to or towards, to move or turn to, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.

With a simple acc.:

caelos omnes,

Lucr. 2, 1097; cf.:

in infimo orbe luna convertitur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:

minore sonitu quam putaram, orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,

id. Att. 2, 9, 1:

manum,

Quint. 11, 3, 100:

reddita inclusarum ex speluncā boum vox Herculem convertit,

Liv. 1, 7, 7:

ter se convertit,

Ov. M. 7, 189:

crines calamistro,

i. e. to curl, Petr. 102, 15 et saep.—

With the designation of the terminus in quem.

By in:

equos frenis in hostes,

Lucr. 5, 1317:

naves in eam partem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 15:

ferrum in me,

Verg. A. 9, 427:

omnium ora atque oculos in aliquem,

Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 1 (cf. under B. 1.):

iter in provinciam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 56:

se in Phrygiam,

Nep. Ages. 3, 2 et saep.—Medial:

in fugam nemo convortitur,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 83 Fleck.—

By ad:

ad hunc se confestim a Pulfione omnis multitudo convertit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 10:

eam materiam ad hostem,

id. ib. 3, 29:

colla ad freta,

Ov. M. 15, 516:

tum bis ad occasum, bis se convertit ad ortum,

id. ib. 14, 386:

nos ad judicem,

Quint. 11, 3, 157 et saep.—

By contra:

tigna contra vim atque impetum fluminis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5.—

By sub:

cursum sub terras,

Lucr. 5, 654.—

By the dat.:

majus lumen in diem nobis luna,

Lucr. 5, 706.—Medial:

Zephyro convertitur ales Itque super Libyen,

Luc. 9, 689.—

By local adv.:

aspectum facile quo vellent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142.—

By the acc. alone:

se domum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t.: convertere signa, aciem, etc., to wheel about, change the direction of a march:

conversa signa in hostes inferre,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

Romani conversa signa bipartito intulerunt,

id. ib. 1, 25:

reliquos sese convertere cogunt,

to retreat, id. B. C. 1, 46:

cum conversis signis retro in urbem rediretur,

Liv. 8, 11, 4; cf.:

convertunt inde signa,

id. 3, 54, 10 Drak. ad loc. (where Weissenb. ex conj., convellunt):

aciem,

id. 42, 57, 12; so,

aciem in fugam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52. —

Rhet. t. t., of words, to transpose, interchange:

non modo mutare quaedam verba, sed extendere, corripere, convertere, dividere cogitur (poësis),

Quint. 10, 1, 29.—

Trop.

In gen.:

ut ab eo quod agitur avertat animos, ut saepe in hilaritatem risumve convertat,

Cic. Or. 40, 138; so,

risum in judicem,

id. de Or. 2, 60, 245:

omnem orationem transduxi et converti in increpandam Caepionis fugam,

id. ib. 2, 48, 199:

rationem in fraudem malitiamque,

to employ, id. N. D. 3, 31, 78; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114 and 115:

beneficium in injuriam,

Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 1 et saep.:

animos imperitorum ad deorum cultum a vitae pravitate,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77; cf. Liv. 24, 4, 4 and 9: qui eas copias, quas diu simulatione rei publicae comparabant, subito ad patriae periculum converterunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, a, 5 fin.:

facultatem dicendi ad hominum perniciem,

Quint. 2, 20, 2 et saep.:

ingenium et studium ad causas agendas,

Tac. Or. 14 et saep.:

se aliquando ad timorem, numquam ad sanitatem,

Cic. Sull. 5, 17; id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

se ad philosophos,

id. Fin. 5, 3, 7; cf. id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 5 et saep.:

quocumque te animo et cogitatione converteris,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

aculeum testimonii sui,

id. Fl. 34, 86:

argumentum,

Gell. 5, 10, 3.—Of turning to the political support of any one:

tota civitas se ad eos convertisse videretur,

Nep. Att. 8, 1; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12; Sen. Clem. 1, 4, 3; cf.:

fama hujus rei convertit ad Masinissam Numidas,

Liv. 29, 30, 7.— Pass. in mid. sense:

cuncta ad victoris opes conversa,

Tac. H. 3, 44.—In eccl. Lat., to convert to Christianity, etc.:

aliquem ad fidem Christi,

Hier. in Philem. 5, 10 sq. —Esp. freq. of turning or arresting the attention:

illud intellego, omnium ora in me convorsa esse,

Sall. J. 85, 5:

converterat Cn. Pompeii persona totum in se terrarum orbem,

Vell. 2, 31, 1:

proximas (provincias) in se,

Suet. Vesp. 4 al.: nihil opus est, ad continendas custodias plures commilitones converti, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 20 (31), 1:

omnium oculos ad se,

Nep. Alcib. 3, 5.—And with inanimate things as subjects:

cum aliqua iis ampla et honesta res objecta totos ad se convertit et rapit,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—Since the Aug. per. also freq. with a simple acc.:

sive elephas albus volgi converteret ora,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 196; Suet. Calig. 35; cf. Liv. 26, 29, 2:

animos,

id. 29, 26, 5:

homines quaqua iret,

Suet. Tit. 5.—

Pregn., to change the nature of a thing; i. e. to change, alter, transform, turn.

With a simple acc.:

omnes Res ita convortant formas mutentque colores,

Lucr. 2, 1005; cf. id. 1, 678:

omnia,

id. 4, 441:

tellus induit ignotas hominum conversa figuras,

Ov. M. 1, 88:

humanam vicem (venena),

Hor. Epod. 5, 88:

rem,

Cic. Att. 8, 13, 2:

rem publicam,

to bring into disorder, id. Fl. 38, 94:

hunc ordinem,

Quint. 7, 2, 15:

animum avaritiā,

Sall. J. 29, 1:

vitae viam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26:

studia,

id. A. P. 166 et saep.:

conversi animum vultumque,

Tac. H. 1, 85: castra castris, to change camp with camp (i. e. to establish new camps by constantly removing), Caes. B. C. 1, 81.—

In gram.: casus conversi, = casus obliqui,

the cases which undergo a change of form, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64.—

With ad:

nisi si id putas, non posse jam ad salutem convorti hoc malum,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 48:

poena omnis oculorum ad caecitatem mentis est conversa,

Cic. Dom. 40, 105:

mater magna, cujus ludi violati, polluti, paene ad caedem et ad funus civitatis conversi sunt,

id. Har. Resp. 11, 24:

quod ad perniciem suam fuerat cogitatum, id ad salutem convertit,

Nep. Dat. 6, 8.—

With in:

si antequam tumor discutiatur in suppurationem convertitur,

Col. 6, 17, 6:

jam ego me convortam in hirudinem,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

deum sese in hominem,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 40:

Hecubam in canem,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

terras in freti formam,

Ov. M. 11, 209:

deum (sc. Jovem) in pretium (i. e. aurum),

Hor. C. 3, 16, 8:

vim morbi in quartanam,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1 et saep.:

crimen in laudem,

id. Fl. 29, 70:

amicitiae se in graves inimicitias,

id. Lael. 21, 78; Quint. 12, 1, 2 et saep.—

Of written works, to translate:

converti ex Atticis duorum eloquentissimorum nobilissimas orationes... nec converti ut interpres, sed ut orator, etc.,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14:

orationes e Graeco,

id. ib. 6, 18:

aliqua de Graecis,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:

librum in Latinum,

id. Off. 2, 24, 87; id. Tusc. 3, 14, 29; cf. id. Fin. 1, 2, 5; id. N. D. 2, 41, 104.—

Neutr., to relurn (rare).

Lit.:

inde (imago) retro rursum redit et convertit eodem,

Lucr. 4, 334 (Lachm. conj. convertitur):

clam cum paucis ad pedites convortit,

Sall. J. 101, 6:

in regnum suum,

id. ib. 20, 4:

convortit Varro,

Sil. 9, 645:

ad me,

Gell. 1, 26, 3.—

Trop.

To return, turn:

in amicitiam atque in gratiam,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 18:

ad sapientiora,

Tac. A. 3, 55.—

To change, turn:

hoc vitium huic uni in bonum convertebat,

Cic. Brut. 38, 141; id. de Or. 3, 29, 114; id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 9, 17:

regium imperium in superbiam dominationemque,

Sall. C. 6, 7 Kritz:

ne ista vobis mansuetudo et misericordia... in miseriam convortet,

id. ib. 52, 27:

ad aliquem, of political support,

Cic. Planc. 20, 50; Tac. A. 12, 18.