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1 inverto
I.Lit.:2. II.pingue solum Fortes invertant tauri,
to turn up, plough up, Verg. G. 1, 64:campum,
id. ib. 3, 161:Boreas invertit ornos,
upturns, overthrows, Luc. 6, 390:vinaria,
to upset, empty, Hor. S. 2, 8, 39:mare,
i. e. disturbed, rough, id. Epod. 10, 5:alveos navium inversos pro tuguriis habere,
Sall. J. 18, 5:adeo vehementer talum inverti, ut minimum affuerim quin articulum defregerim,
dislocated, App. Flor. 3, p. 134, 3:si polypus invertatur,
Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91:invertere se,
to turn over, id. 32, 2, 5, § 13:cum in locum anulum inverterat,
Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38. —Trop., to invert, transpose; to change. alter; to pervert; to exchange:B.ut cum semel dictum sit directe, invertatur ordo, et idem quasi sursum versus retroque dicatur,
Cic. Part. 7, 24: quae in vulgus edita ejus verbis, invertere supersedeo, to alter, give in another form, Tac. A. 15, 63:virtutes,
to alter, misrepresent, Hor. S. 1, 3, 55:lanas,
to dye, color, Sil. 16, 569:Vertumnus Deus invertendarum rerum est,
i. e. of barter, trade, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154. —Esp. of words, to pervert, misapply, use ironically (cf. inversio, I.):A.invertuntur verba, ut, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262.—Hence, inversus, a, um, P. a., turned upside down, inverted.Lit.:B.vomer inversus,
Hor. Epod. 2, 63:carinae,
Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 15:manus (opp. supina),
id. 12, 25, 54, § 121:charta,
Mart. 4, 87, 11:submovere Euros Pellibus inversis,
turned inside out, Juv. 14, 187.—Trop., inverted, perverted: annus, inverted, brought back to its beginning, i. e. completed, ended, Hor. S. 1, 1, 36:pro curia, inversique mores!
perverted, corrupt, id. C. 3, 5, 7:consuetudo,
Quint. 3, 9, 9:verba,
perverted from their proper meanings, ambiguous, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 131; so,too, verba,
dark, obscure, Lucr. 1, 642. — Neutr. sing. as adv.: inversum, upside down:surculis inversum superpositis,
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2 verto
verto ( vorto), ti, sum, 3 ( inf. vortier, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 48; Lucr. 1, 710; 2, 927; 5, 1199 al.), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. root vart-, to apply one's self, turn; cf. vart-ukas, round].I. A.Lit.:B.(luna) eam partem, quaecumque est ignibus aucta, Ad speciem vertit nobis,
Lucr. 5, 724:speciem quo,
id. 4, 242:ora huc et huc,
Hor. Epod. 4, 9:terga,
Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 6:gradu discedere verso,
id. M. 4, 338:verso pede,
id. ib. 8, 869:pennas,
i. e. to fly away, Prop. 2, 24, 22 (3, 19, 6):cardinem,
Ov. M. 14, 782:fores tacito cardine,
Tib. 1, 6, 12: cadum, to turn or tip up, Hor. C. 3, 29, 2:versā pulvis inscribitur hastā,
inverted, Verg. A. 1, 478:verte hac te, puere,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 29; cf.:verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus,
Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:cum haesisset descendenti (virgini) stola, vertit se et recollegit,
Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9:ante tuos quotiens verti me, perfida, postes,
Prop. 1, 16, 43:Pompeiani se verterunt et loco cesserunt,
turned about, wheeled about, fled, Caes. B. C. 3, 51; cf.:vertere terga,
to turn one's back, run away, betake one's self to flight, id. B. G. 1, 53; 3, 21; id. B. C. 1, 47; 3, 63 fin.; Liv. 1, 14, 9; cf.also: hostem in fugam,
to put to flight, rout, id. 30, 33, 16;Auct. B. Afr. 17: iter retro,
Liv. 28, 3, 1:hiems (piscis) ad hoc mare,
Hor. Epod. 2, 52: fenestrae in viam versae, turned or directed towards, looking towards, Liv. 1, 41, 4; cf.:mare ad occidentem versum,
id. 36, 15, 9:Scytharum gens ab oriente ad septentrionem se vertit,
Curt. 7, 7, 3:(Maeander) nunc ad fontes, nunc in mare versus,
Ov. M. 8, 165: terram aratro, to turn up or over, to plough, etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 28:ferro terram,
Verg. G. 1, 147:glaebas (aratra),
Ov. M. 1, 425; 5, 477:solum bidentibus,
Col. 4, 5:agros bove,
Prop. 3, 7, 43 (4, 6, 43):collem,
Col. 3, 13, 8:freta lacertis (in rowing),
Verg. A. 5, 141:ex illā pecuniā magnam partem ad se vortit,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57.—Mid.: vertier ad lapidem, to turn or incline one's self towards, Lucr. 5, 1199:congressi... ad caedem vertuntur,
Liv. 1, 7, 2; so,versi in fugam hostes,
Tac. H. 2, 26; cf.:Philippis versa acies retro,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 26:sinit hic violentis omnia verti Turbinibus,
to whirl themselves about, Lucr. 5, 503:magnus caeli si vortitur orbis,
id. 5, 510:vertitur interea caelum,
revolves, Verg. A. 2, 250:squamarum serie a caudā ad caput versā,
reaching, Plin. 28, 8, 30, § 119.—Trop.1.In gen., to turn:2.ne ea, quae reipublicae causa egerit, in suam contumeliam vertat,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8:in suam rem litem vertendo,
Liv. 3, 72, 2:usum ejus (olei) ad luxuriam vertere Graeci,
Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19; cf.:aliquid in rem vertere,
turn to account, make profitable, Dig. 15, 3, 1 sqq.:edocere, quo sese vertant sortes,
Enn. Trag. v. 64 Vahl.; Verg. A. 1, 671:ne sibi vitio verterent, quod abesset a patriā,
Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1:idque omen in Macedonum metum verterunt Tyrii,
Curt. 4, 2, 13:in religionem vertentes comitia biennic habita,
making a matter of religious scruple, Liv. 5, 14, 2:aquarum insolita magnitudo in religionem versa,
id. 30, 38, 10; cf. id. 26, 11, 3:id ipsum quod iter belli esset obstructum, in prodigium et omen imminentium cladium vertebatur,
Tac. H. 1, 86 fin.:vertere in se Cotyi data,
to appropriate, id. A. 2, 64:perii! quid agam? quo me vertam?
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 1:quo se verteret, non habebat,
Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; id. Div. 2, 72, 149:Philippus totus in Persea versus,
inclined towards him, Liv. 40, 5, 9:toti in impetum atque iram versi,
id. 25, 16, 19:si bellum omne eo vertat,
id. 26, 12, 13:di vortant bene, Quod agas,
cause to turn out well, prosper, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 121; cf. infra, II. B.; so,in melius somnia,
Tib. 3, 4, 95.—In partic.a.To turn, i. e. to change, aller, transform (syn. muto):b.Juppiter In Amphitruonis vortit sese imaginem,
Plaut. Am. prol. 121:in anginam ego nunc me velim vorti,
id. Most. 1. 3, 61:omnes natura cibos in corpora viva Vertit,
Lucr. 2, 880: vertunt se fluvii frondes et pabula laeta In pecudes; vertunt pecudes [p. 1978] in corpora nostra Naturam, id. 2, 875 sq.; cf.:cum terra in aquam se vertit,
Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31:verte omnis tete in facies,
Verg. A. 12, 891:ego, quae memet in omnia verti,
id. ib. 7, 309:tot sese vertit in ora,
id. ib. 7, 328:inque deum de bove versus erat,
Ov. F. 5, 616:Auster in Africum se vertit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 26 fin.; cf. Liv. 30, 24, 7:semina malorum in contrarias partes se vertere,
Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:omnia versa et mutata in pejorem partem,
id. Rosc. Am. 36, 103:cur nunc tua quisquam Vertere jussa potest,
Verg. A. 10, 35:hic continentiam et moderationem in superbiam ac lasciviam vertit,
Curt. 6, 6, 1; cf.:fortuna hoc militiae probrum vertit in gloriam,
id. 9, 10, 28:versus civitatis status,
Tac. A. 1, 4:versis ad prospera fatis,
Ov. H. 16, 89: solum, to change one's country, i. e. to emigrate or go into exile, Cic. Balb. 11, 28; Amm. 15, 3, 11 et saep.; v. solum. —With abl. (rare and poet.):nullā tamen alite verti Dignatur,
Ov. M. 10, 157; cf.muto.—Prov.: in fumum et cinerem vertere,
to turn into smoke, dissipate, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39.—Mid.:omnia vertuntur: certe vertuntur amores,
Prop. 2, 8, 7 (9):saevus apertam In rabiem coepit verti jocus,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 149.—To exchange, interchange: nos divitem istum meminimus adque iste pauperes nos;c.vorterunt sese memoriae,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 11; cf.:vorsis gladiis depugnarier,
id. Cas. 2, 5, 36.—Of literary productions, to turn into another language, to translate (syn.:d. e.transfero, interpretor, reddo): Philemo scripsit, Plautus vortit barbare,
Plaut. Trin. prol. 19:si sic verterem Platonem, ut verteruntnostri poëtae fabulas,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7:verti etiam multa de Graecis,
id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26:annales Acilianos ex Graeco in Latinum sermonem vertit,
Liv. 25, 39, 12.—In partic., like our to turn upside down, i. e. to overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy (= everto):f.Callicratidas cum multa fecisset egregie, vertit ad extremum omnia,
Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84:agerent, verterent cuncta,
Tac. H. 1, 2; id. A. 2, 42; 3, 36:Cycnum Vi multā,
Ov. M. 12, 139:fluxas Phrygiae res fundo,
Verg. A. 10, 88; 1, 20; 2, 652:vertere ab imo moenia Trojae,
id. ib. 5, 810:Ilion fatalis incestusque judex... vertit in pulverem,
Hor. C. 3, 3, 20:proceras fraxinos,
id. ib. 3, 25, 16:ab imo regna,
Sen. Hippol. 562:Penates,
id. Troad. 91:puppem,
Luc. 3, 650:fortunas,
Amm. 28, 3, 1.—Mid., from the idea of turning round in a place, to be engaged in, to be in a place or condition; also to turn, rest, or depend upon a thing:g.jam homo in mercaturā vortitur,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 109:res in periculo vortitur,
id. Merc. 1, 2, 12; Phaedr. 2, 8, 19; so,res vertitur in majore discrimine,
Liv. 6, 36, 7:ipse catervis Vertitur in mediis,
Verg. A. 11, 683:omnia in unius potestate ac moderatione vertentur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 20; so,spes civitatis in dictatore,
Liv. 4, 31, 4:totum id in voluntate Philippi,
id. 37, 7, 8:causa in jure,
Cic. Brut. 39, 145:hic victoria,
Verg. A. 10, 529:cum circa hanc consultationem disceptatio omnis verteretur,
Liv. 36, 7, 1:puncto saepe temporis maximarum rerum momenta verti,
id. 3, 27, 7.— Impers.:vertebatur, utrum manerent in Achaico concilio Lacedaemonii, an, etc.,
Liv. 39, 48, 3.—To ascribe, refer:h.quae fuerunt populis magis exitio quam fames morbique, quaeque alia in deum iras velut ultima malorum vertunt,
Liv. 4, 9, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:cum omnium secundorum adversorumque in deos verterent,
id. 28, 11, 1.—= considero; exercitum majorum more vortere, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 408 dub. (Sall. H. inc. 51 Dietsch ad loc.).II. A.Lit.:B.depulsi aemulatione alio vertunt,
Tac. A. 1, 18:eoque audaciae provectum ut verteret, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10:utinam mea vocula dominae vertat in auriculas!
Prop. 1, 16, 28:versuros extemplo in fugam omnes ratus,
Liv. 38, 26, 8 (but in Lucr. 5, 617 the correct read. is cancri se ut vortat).—Trop., to turn, change, etc.:b.jam verterat fortuna,
Liv. 5, 49, 5:libertatem aliorum in suam vertisse servitutem conquerebantur,
id. 2, 3, 3:totae solidam in glaciem vertere lacunae,
Verg. G. 3, 365: verterat pernicies in accusatorem, Tac. A. 11, 37:quod si esset factum, detrimentum in bonum verteret,
Caes. B. C. 3, 73 fin.:ea ludificatio veri in verum vertit,
Liv. 26, 6, 16: talia incepta, ni in consultorem vertissent, reipublicae pestem factura, against, Sall. H. inc. 89 Dietsch:neque inmerito suum ipsorum exemplum in eos versurum,
Liv. 7, 38, 6:si malus est, male res vortunt, quas agit,
turn out badly, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 5; so,quae res tibi vertat male,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 37:quod bene vertat, castra Albanos Romanis castris jungere jubet (= cum bonis omnibus),
Liv. 1, 28, 1; 3, 62, 5; 3, 35, 8:quod bene verteret,
Curt. 5, 4, 12; 7, 11, 14:hos illi (quod nec vertat bene), mittimus haedos,
Verg. E. 9, 6.—Annus, mensis vertens, the course or space of a year, of a month:(β).anno vertente sine controversiā (petisses),
Cic. Quint. 12, 40; so,anno vertente,
id. N. D. 2, 20, 53; Nep. Ages. 4, 4; cf.:apparuisse numen deorum intra finem anni vertentis,
Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 22:tu si hanc emeris, Numquam hercle hunc mensem vortentem, credo, servibit tibi,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76; Macr. S. 1, 14.—Pregn.: annus vertens, the great year or cycle of the celestial bodies (a space of 15,000 solar years), Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24.—Hence, ver-sus ( vors-), or (much less freq.) ver-sum ( vors-), adv., turned in the direction of, towards a thing; usu. after the name of a place to which motion is directed (orig. a part., turned towards, facing, etc., and so always in Livy; cf. Liv. 1, 18, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; 1, 41, 4; 9, 2, 15).A.Form versus (vors-).1.After ad and acc.:2.T. Labienum ad Oceanum versus... proficisci jubet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ad Alpes versus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:ad Cercinam insulam versus, Auct. B. Afr. 8, 3: ad Cordubam versus, Auct. B. Hisp. 11: modo ad Urbem, modo in Galliam versus,
Sall. C. 56, 4. —After in and acc.:3.in agrum versus,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10:in forum versus,
Cic. Lael. 25, 96:in Arvernos versus,
Caes. B. G. 7, 8: si in urbem versus venturi erunt, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 78 (82), 3.—After acc. alone (class. only with names of towns and small islands):4.verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus,
Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:Brundisium versus,
id. Fam. 11, 27, 3:Ambraciam versus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 36:Massiliam versus,
id. ib. 2, 3:Narbonem versus,
id. B. G. 7, 7.—After other advv.:B.deorsum versus,
Cato, R. R. 156, 4:sursum versus,
Cic. Or. 39, 135:dimittit quoquo versus legationes,
Caes. B. G. 7, 4:ut quaedam vocabula utroque versus dicantur,
Gell. 5, 12, 10; cf. the adverbs deorsum, sursum, etc.—Form versum (vors-).1.After ad and acc.:2.animadvertit fugam ad se versum fieri,
Sall. J. 58, 4.—After other advv.:► Versus is said by many lexicons to be also a prep.cunas rursum vorsum trahere,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 60 (63):lumbis deorsum versum pressis,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5:vineam sursum vorsum semper ducito,
Cato, R. R. 33, 1:cum undique versum circumfluat,
Gell. 12, 13, 20:utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 8., but no ancient authority can be safely cited for this use. The true readings are:in Italiam versus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1:adversus aedem,
Liv. 8, 20, 8:in forum versus,
Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 121; and perh. in oppidum, Auct. B. Hisp. 21. -
3 in-vertō (-vortō)
in-vertō (-vortō) vertī, versus, ere, to turn upside down, turn about, upset, invert, reverse: solum, plough up, V.: Allifanis vinaria, empty, H.: alveos navium invorsos pro tuguriis habere, S.: submovere Euros Pellibus inversis, turned inside out, Iu.: inversum contristat Aquarius annum, recurring cycle (of the sun), H.: cum in locum anulum inverterat: loca satis dentibus (i. e. ad dentes serendos), V.—Fig., to invert, transpose, change, reverse: ut invertatur ordo.—To pervert, abuse: inversi mores, corrupt, H.: virtutes, misrepresent, H.: quae invertere supersedeo, i. e. to paraphrase, Ta.—Of words, to misapply, use ironically: invertuntur verba, ut, etc.: Inversa verba, ambiguous, T. -
4 rotundus (rut-)
rotundus (rut-) adj. with comp. [roto], rolling, round, circular, spherical, rotund: stellae: mundum rotundum esse volunt: ut nihil efficere posset rotundius: bacae, H.—As subst n.: locus infimus in rutundo, a sphere.—Prov.: mutat quadrata rotundis, i. e. turns everything upside down, H.—Fig., round, rounded, perfect: sapiens in se ipso totus, teres atque rotundus, H.—Of speech, round, well turned, smooth, polished, elegant: verborum constructio: ore rotundo loqui, H. -
5 conversus
Iconversa, conversum ADJupside down; inverted; turned backward; recurved; facing in a specified directioIIconvert; one who has changedIIIturning, twisting around -
6 rotundus
rŏtundus ( rŭt-), a, um, adj. [rota], wheel-shaped, i. e. round, circular, spherical, rotund (very freq. and class.; cf. teres).I.Lit.:II.cur ea, quae fuerint juxtim quadrata, procul sint Visa rotunda,
Lucr. 4, 502; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 36:stellae globosae et rotundae,
id. Rep. 6, 15, 15:mundum rotundum esse volunt,
id. N. D. 1, 10, 24.— Comp.:mundum ita tornavit, ut nihil effici possit rotundius,
Cic. Univ. 6; so,bacae,
Hor. Epod. 8, 13; cf.:capita rotundiora... rotundissima,
Cels. 8, 1 fin.:locus infimus in rotundo,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:togae,
hanging evenly all round, Quint. 11, 3, 139.—Prov.: diruit, aedificat, mutat quadrata rotundis,
i. e. turns every thing upside down, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100.—Trop., round, rounded.A.In gen.:B.sapiens Fortis et in se ipse totus, teres atque rotundus,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 86:illa rotunda et undique circumcisa,
Quint. 8, 5, 27.—In partic., of speech (opp. rough, unpolished), round, well turned, smooth, polished, elegant (in Cic. with quasi or ut ita dicam added; but v. infra, adv. b.):* a.erat verborum et delectus elegans et apta et quasi rotunda constructio,
Cic. Brut. 78, 272; cf.:Thucydides praefractior nec satis, ut ita dicam, rotundus,
id. Or. 13, 40:Graiis dedit ore rotundo Musa loqui,
Hor. A. P. 323;celeris ac rotunda distributio,
Quint. 3, 4, 16:rotunda volubilisque sententia,
Gell. 11, 13, 4:rotundi numeri (with brevis),
id. 17, 20, 4:verba,
id. 16, 1, 1.—Hence, adv.: rŏtun-dē.(Acc. to I.) Roundly:* b.ut in orbem quam rotundissime formetur,
Col. Arb. 5, 2.— -
7 rutundus
rŏtundus ( rŭt-), a, um, adj. [rota], wheel-shaped, i. e. round, circular, spherical, rotund (very freq. and class.; cf. teres).I.Lit.:II.cur ea, quae fuerint juxtim quadrata, procul sint Visa rotunda,
Lucr. 4, 502; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 36:stellae globosae et rotundae,
id. Rep. 6, 15, 15:mundum rotundum esse volunt,
id. N. D. 1, 10, 24.— Comp.:mundum ita tornavit, ut nihil effici possit rotundius,
Cic. Univ. 6; so,bacae,
Hor. Epod. 8, 13; cf.:capita rotundiora... rotundissima,
Cels. 8, 1 fin.:locus infimus in rotundo,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:togae,
hanging evenly all round, Quint. 11, 3, 139.—Prov.: diruit, aedificat, mutat quadrata rotundis,
i. e. turns every thing upside down, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100.—Trop., round, rounded.A.In gen.:B.sapiens Fortis et in se ipse totus, teres atque rotundus,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 86:illa rotunda et undique circumcisa,
Quint. 8, 5, 27.—In partic., of speech (opp. rough, unpolished), round, well turned, smooth, polished, elegant (in Cic. with quasi or ut ita dicam added; but v. infra, adv. b.):* a.erat verborum et delectus elegans et apta et quasi rotunda constructio,
Cic. Brut. 78, 272; cf.:Thucydides praefractior nec satis, ut ita dicam, rotundus,
id. Or. 13, 40:Graiis dedit ore rotundo Musa loqui,
Hor. A. P. 323;celeris ac rotunda distributio,
Quint. 3, 4, 16:rotunda volubilisque sententia,
Gell. 11, 13, 4:rotundi numeri (with brevis),
id. 17, 20, 4:verba,
id. 16, 1, 1.—Hence, adv.: rŏtun-dē.(Acc. to I.) Roundly:* b.ut in orbem quam rotundissime formetur,
Col. Arb. 5, 2.—
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