inhumanitatis N F

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con-vinco, vīci, victum, 3, v. a., to overcome, conquer; always beyond the circle of milit. lang.

With personal objects, to convict of crime or error, refute (very freq. and class.).

With simple acc.:

quem ego jam hic convincam palam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 147:

hujus si causa non manifestissimis rebus teneretur, tamen eum mores ipsius ac vita convincerent,

Cic. Sull. 25, 71:

verum enim invenire volumus, non tamquam adversarium aliquem convincere,

id. Fin. 1, 5, 13:

Aristonis jam fracta et convicta secta,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 38:

si negem, quo me teste convincas?

id. Phil. 2, 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104; Liv. 26, 12, 17; Quint. 1, 6, 10 et saep.—

With the designation of the crime, error, etc., commonly in the gen., more rarely in the simple abl., or with de, in, or inf.:

teque in isto ipso convinco non inhumanitatis solum, sed etiam amentiae,

Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 9:

haec duo levitatis et infirmitatis plerosque convincunt,

id. Lael. 17, 64:

aliquem summae neglegentiae (with coarguere),

id. Sull. 15, 44:

quae (supplicia) in convictos maleficii servos constituta sunt,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139:

repetundarum,

Suet. Caes. 43: latrocinii, caedis. id. Tib. 1 al.:

manifestis criminibus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

multis avaritiae criminibus,

id. Fl. 39, 98:

convicti et condemnati falsis de pugnis,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 5:

scelere convictus,

Suet. Ner. 31; Lact. de Ira, 17, 6; cf.:

istius vita tot vitiis flagitiisque convicta,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 10:

in pari peccato,

id. Inv. 2, 10, 32:

in hoc scelere,

id. Sull. 30, 83; so,

in homicidio,

Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 12:

in majore fraude,

Suet. Claud. 15:

in adfectatione imperii,

id. Tit. 9.—With inf.:

aliquid fecisse convinci,

Liv. 45, 10, 14:

convictus pecuniam cepisse,

Tac. A. 4, 31; 13, 44; Suet. Calig. 40; Curt. 9, 8, 9; cf. Sall. C. 52, 36.—

With things as objects, to prove something incontestably (esp. as criminal, false, punishable), to show clearly, demonstrate (freq. and class.).

With acc.:

inauditum facinus ipsius qui commisit voce convinci,

Cic. Quint. 25, 79; so,

peccata argumentis,

id. Part. Or. 33, 116; cf.:

falsum veris convincere rebus,

Lucr. 4, 764:

alios sensus,

id. 4, 495:

haec poëtarum et pictorum portenta,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 11:

orationem (with redargui),

id. Univ. 3 init.:

errores Epicuri,

id. N. D. 2, 1, 3:

falsa,

id. ib. 1, 32, 91:

avaritiam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 12:

furorem,

Ov. M. 13, 58:

quod obicitur,

Quint. 5, 10, 35:

quod (crimen) apud patres convictum,

Tac. A. 14, 40 al.:

convicta (praedia),

proved not to belong to you, Cic. Fl. 32, 79.—

With acc. and inf.:

nihil te didicisse... nihil scire convincerent,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Par. 5, 3, 41; id. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Quint. 2, 15, 14 al.