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  • 1 circum verto

    circum-verto or circum verto ( - vorto), ĕre, v. a., to turn around (rare;

    not in Cic.): citius quam rotula circumvortitur,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 39; cf.: rota circumvertitur axem, turns or is turned around on its axis, Ov. M. 15, 522 (Merkel, circumvolvitur):

    ubi circumvortor, cado,

    turn myself around, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 32; cf.: circumvertens se, turning one ' s self to the right side, * Suet. Vit. 2;

    v. the commentt. in h. l.: mancipium,

    to declare free, Quint. Decl. 342; v. circumago, I. B. (in Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 127, perh. a false reading for intervortant, which Fleck. adopts; cf. Lorenz ad loc.).

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  • 2 circumverto

    circum-verto or circum verto ( - vorto), ĕre, v. a., to turn around (rare;

    not in Cic.): citius quam rotula circumvortitur,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 39; cf.: rota circumvertitur axem, turns or is turned around on its axis, Ov. M. 15, 522 (Merkel, circumvolvitur):

    ubi circumvortor, cado,

    turn myself around, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 32; cf.: circumvertens se, turning one ' s self to the right side, * Suet. Vit. 2;

    v. the commentt. in h. l.: mancipium,

    to declare free, Quint. Decl. 342; v. circumago, I. B. (in Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 127, perh. a false reading for intervortant, which Fleck. adopts; cf. Lorenz ad loc.).

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  • 3 circumvorto

    circum-verto or circum verto ( - vorto), ĕre, v. a., to turn around (rare;

    not in Cic.): citius quam rotula circumvortitur,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 39; cf.: rota circumvertitur axem, turns or is turned around on its axis, Ov. M. 15, 522 (Merkel, circumvolvitur):

    ubi circumvortor, cado,

    turn myself around, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 32; cf.: circumvertens se, turning one ' s self to the right side, * Suet. Vit. 2;

    v. the commentt. in h. l.: mancipium,

    to declare free, Quint. Decl. 342; v. circumago, I. B. (in Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 127, perh. a false reading for intervortant, which Fleck. adopts; cf. Lorenz ad loc.).

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  • 4 versura

    versūra ( vors-), ae, f. [verto], a turning round, twirling about, rotating.
    I.
    Lit.:

    foliorum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 46:

    ejus loci (coxendicum),

    id. L. L. 7, § 67 Müll.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The turning-place, turn at the end of a furrow, Col. 2, 2, 28; Pall. 2, 3, 1.—
    B.
    In archit., a turn, corner, angle of a wall, Vitr 3, 1; 5, 6 fin.; 5, 12;

    or in a water conduit,

    id. 8, 7.—
    C.
    (Qs. a changing of one's creditor.) The borrowing of money to pay a debt (the class. signif. of the word); and hence, in gen., a borrowing, loan:

    versuram facere mutuam pecuniam sumere ex eo dictum est, quod initio qui mutuabantur ab aliis, non ut domum ferrent, sed ut aliis solverent, velut verterent creditorem,

    Fest. p. 379 Müll.:

    eos homines versuram a Carpinatio fecisse, qui pecunias Verri dedissent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 186:

    sine mutuatione et sine versurā dissolvere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:

    Salaminii cum Romae versuram facere vellent, non poterant,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 12; 15, 20, 4; id. Font. 5, 11; id. Fl. 20, 48:

    cum versuram facere publice necesse esset,

    Nep. Att. 2, 4; 9, 5.— Trop., Sen. Ep. 19, 9; id. Ben. 5, 8, 3:

    vereor, ne illud, quod tecum permutavi, versurā mihi solvendum sit,

    is to be paid by a new loan, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

    versurā factā solvere,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 2: non modo versurā, verum etiam [p. 1977] venditione, si ita res coget, nos vindicabis, id. ib. 16, 2, 2:

    versura vetita,

    Tac. A. 6, 16.—Prov.: in eodem luto haesitas, vorsurā solves, you pay by borrowing, i. e. you get out of one difficulty by getting into another, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 15; Lact. 2, 8, 24.

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  • 5 vorsura

    versūra ( vors-), ae, f. [verto], a turning round, twirling about, rotating.
    I.
    Lit.:

    foliorum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 46:

    ejus loci (coxendicum),

    id. L. L. 7, § 67 Müll.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The turning-place, turn at the end of a furrow, Col. 2, 2, 28; Pall. 2, 3, 1.—
    B.
    In archit., a turn, corner, angle of a wall, Vitr 3, 1; 5, 6 fin.; 5, 12;

    or in a water conduit,

    id. 8, 7.—
    C.
    (Qs. a changing of one's creditor.) The borrowing of money to pay a debt (the class. signif. of the word); and hence, in gen., a borrowing, loan:

    versuram facere mutuam pecuniam sumere ex eo dictum est, quod initio qui mutuabantur ab aliis, non ut domum ferrent, sed ut aliis solverent, velut verterent creditorem,

    Fest. p. 379 Müll.:

    eos homines versuram a Carpinatio fecisse, qui pecunias Verri dedissent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 186:

    sine mutuatione et sine versurā dissolvere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:

    Salaminii cum Romae versuram facere vellent, non poterant,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 12; 15, 20, 4; id. Font. 5, 11; id. Fl. 20, 48:

    cum versuram facere publice necesse esset,

    Nep. Att. 2, 4; 9, 5.— Trop., Sen. Ep. 19, 9; id. Ben. 5, 8, 3:

    vereor, ne illud, quod tecum permutavi, versurā mihi solvendum sit,

    is to be paid by a new loan, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

    versurā factā solvere,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 2: non modo versurā, verum etiam [p. 1977] venditione, si ita res coget, nos vindicabis, id. ib. 16, 2, 2:

    versura vetita,

    Tac. A. 6, 16.—Prov.: in eodem luto haesitas, vorsurā solves, you pay by borrowing, i. e. you get out of one difficulty by getting into another, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 15; Lact. 2, 8, 24.

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  • 6 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.
    Act., to turn, to turn round or about (syn.: verso, contorqueo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    (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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to turn:

    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.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To turn, i. e. to change, aller, transform (syn. muto):

    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.—
    b.
    To exchange, interchange: nos divitem istum meminimus adque iste pauperes nos;

    vorterunt sese memoriae,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 11; cf.:

    vorsis gladiis depugnarier,

    id. Cas. 2, 5, 36.—
    c.
    Of literary productions, to turn into another language, to translate (syn.:

    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.—
    d.
    To ply:

    stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo,

    i. e. stimulates the fury, Verg. A. 6, 101.—
    e.
    In partic., like our to turn upside down, i. e. to overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy (= everto):

    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.—
    f.
    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:

    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.—
    g.
    To ascribe, refer:

    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.—
    h.
    = considero; exercitum majorum more vortere, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 408 dub. (Sall. H. inc. 51 Dietsch ad loc.).
    II. A.
    Lit.:

    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).—
    B.
    Trop., to turn, change, etc.:

    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.—
    b.
    Annus, mensis vertens, the course or space of a year, of a month:

    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.—
    (β).
    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.:

    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. —
    2.
    After in and acc.:

    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.—
    3.
    After acc. alone (class. only with names of towns and small islands):

    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.—
    4.
    After other advv.:

    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.—
    B.
    Form versum (vors-).
    1.
    After ad and acc.:

    animadvertit fugam ad se versum fieri,

    Sall. J. 58, 4.—
    2.
    After other advv.:

    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.
    ► Versus is said by many lexicons to be also a prep.
    , 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.

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  • 7 conversio

    conversĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a turning round, revolving, revolution (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    caeli,

    Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89; id. Univ. 6 med.; id. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

    astrorum omnesque motus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf. id. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    caelestes,

    id. Leg. 1, 8, 24.—Hence,
    2.
    The periodical return of the seasons, caused by the revolution of the heavenly bodies:

    mensium annorumque,

    Cic. Univ. 14 fin. —
    B.
    Esp., in medic. lang.,
    a.
    A turning round, inverting:

    vesicae,

    Plin. 8, 42, 67, § 166.—In plur.:

    vulvae,

    Plin. 24, 7, 23, § 39.—
    b.
    An abscess, Col. 6, 17, 6.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., subversion, alteration, change:

    conversio et perturbatio rerum,

    Cic. Fl. 37, 94; cf. id. Div. 2, 2, 6:

    moderatio et conversio tempestatum,

    id. Fl. 13, 31 fin. —
    B.
    Esp., in rhet.,
    1. 2.
    The repetition of the same word at the end of a clause, antistrophê or epiphora, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207; Quint. 9, 1, 33 sq.; Auct. Her. 4, 13, 19 med. —
    3.
    The rounding of a period, kampê, sustrophê:

    sic enim has orationis conversiones Graeci nominant,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    ut (oratio) conversiones habeat absolutas,

    id. ib. 3, 49, 190.—
    C.
    A moral change, conversion (late Lat.), Alcim. Avit. 6, 49; esp. with ad:

    ad verum Deum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 33: ad unum verum Deum sanctumque,

    id. ib. 8, 24, 2.—
    D.
    A change of view or opinion:

    tanta conversio consecuta est,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 18.

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  • 8 converto

    con-verto ( - vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    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).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    With the designation of the terminus in quem.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    * (γ).
    By contra:

    tigna contra vim atque impetum fluminis,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5.—
    (δ).
    By sub:

    cursum sub terras,

    Lucr. 5, 654.—
    (ε).
    By the dat.:

    majus lumen in diem nobis luna,

    Lucr. 5, 706.—Medial:

    Zephyro convertitur ales Itque super Libyen,

    Luc. 9, 689.—
    (ζ).
    By local adv.:

    aspectum facile quo vellent,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142.—
    (η).
    By the acc. alone:

    se domum,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    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. —
    b.
    Rhet. t. t., of words, to transpose, interchange:

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

    Quint. 10, 1, 29.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    Pregn., to change the nature of a thing; i. e. to change, alter, transform, turn.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    II.
    Neutr., to relurn (rare).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To return, turn:

    in amicitiam atque in gratiam,

    Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 18:

    ad sapientiora,

    Tac. A. 3, 55.—
    2.
    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.

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  • 9 convorto

    con-verto ( - vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    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).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    With the designation of the terminus in quem.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    * (γ).
    By contra:

    tigna contra vim atque impetum fluminis,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5.—
    (δ).
    By sub:

    cursum sub terras,

    Lucr. 5, 654.—
    (ε).
    By the dat.:

    majus lumen in diem nobis luna,

    Lucr. 5, 706.—Medial:

    Zephyro convertitur ales Itque super Libyen,

    Luc. 9, 689.—
    (ζ).
    By local adv.:

    aspectum facile quo vellent,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142.—
    (η).
    By the acc. alone:

    se domum,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    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. —
    b.
    Rhet. t. t., of words, to transpose, interchange:

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

    Quint. 10, 1, 29.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    Pregn., to change the nature of a thing; i. e. to change, alter, transform, turn.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    II.
    Neutr., to relurn (rare).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To return, turn:

    in amicitiam atque in gratiam,

    Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 18:

    ad sapientiora,

    Tac. A. 3, 55.—
    2.
    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.

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  • 10 derivatio

    dērīvātĭo, ōnis, f. [derivo], a leading off, turning off, turning away.
    I.
    Lit.: derivationes fluminum, * Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

    sollemnis (sc. lacus Albani),

    Liv. 5, 15 (cf. shortly before, priusquam ex lacu Albano aqua emissa foret).—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    dictum aliquod in aliquem usum tuum opportuna derivatione convertere,

    Macr. S. 6, 1.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    In grammat. lang., derivation, etymology of words, Plin. ap. Serv. Aen. 9, 706; Dig. 50, 16, 57; Charis. p. 73 P. et saep.—
    2.
    In rhetor.
    (α).
    An exchanging of one word for another of like meaning, to soften the expression (as fortis for temerarius, liberalis for prodigus, etc.), Quint. 3, 7, 25.—
    (β).
    As rhet. fig. = parêgmenon, the development of a preceding statement or conception into a new thought, Jul. Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 14.

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  • 11 eversio

    ēversĭo, ōnis, f. [everto, I. B.].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    An overthrowing.
    1.
    In gen.:

    columnae,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5.—In plur.:

    eversiones vehiculorum,

    Plin. 22, 17, 20, § 43.—
    2.
    Esp., a destructive overthrow, subversion, destruction:

    templorum,

    Quint. 5, 10, 97:

    urbis,

    Flor. 1, 12, 7; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 69. —In plur.:

    eversiones urbium,

    Flor. 2, 16, 1.—
    B.
    A turning out, expulsion from one's possession:

    possidentium,

    Flor. 3, 13, 9.—
    C.
    A turning out, expulsion:

    matricis,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 28.—
    II.
    Trop. (acc. to I. A. 2.), subversion, destruction:

    hinc rerum publicarum eversiones,

    Cic. de Sen. 12:

    rei familiaris,

    Tac. A. 6, 17:

    omnis vitae,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 99; id. Fin. 5, 10, 28.

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  • 12 meta

    mēta, ae, f. [root ma-, measure, whence Gr. metron; Lat. manus, mane, etc. (q. v.), properly, that which marks a measured space, hence], any mark at a boundary or limit, esp.,
    I.
    The conical columns set in the ground at each end of the Roman Circus, the goal, turning-post:

    metaque fervidis Evitata rotis,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 5:

    aut prius infecto deposcit praemia cursu Septima quam metam triverit ante rota,

    Prop. 3, 20, 25; cf.:

    et modo lora dabo, modo verbere terga notabo, Nunc stringam metas interiore rotā,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 11; Suet. Caes. 39:

    petra in metae maxime modum erecta est, cujus ima spatiosiora sunt, altiora in artius coëunt, summa in acutum cacumen exsurgunt,

    i. e. in the shape of a cone, Curt. 8, 39, 6; cf. III. 3. infra).—
    II.
    Any goal or winning-post, the mark, goal, in any contest of speed:

    optatam cursu contingere metam, of a footrace,

    Hor. A. P. 412:

    metam tenere, in a boatrace,

    Verg. A. 5, 159.—
    2.
    Trop. (because of the danger to drivers of striking the goal, and breaking their oars), a critical point, place of danger:

    fama adulescentis paulum haesit ad metas, notitiā novā mulieris,

    broke down, failed, at the critical point, Cic. Cael. 31.—
    III.
    Transf., an end, period, extremity, boundary, limit:

    longarum haec meta viarum,

    Verg. A. 3, 714:

    ad metas aevi pervenire,

    id. ib. 10, 472:

    metam tangere vitae,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 1:

    ad metam properare,

    id. A. A. 2, 727:

    ultima,

    id. Am. 3, 15, 2:

    hic tibi mortis erant metae,

    Verg. A. 12, 546:

    ad quas metas naturae sit perveniendum usu,

    i. e. extremes, Varr. L. L. 8, 16, 31:

    quando illa (luna) incurrat in umbram terrae, quae est meta noctis, eam obscurari necesse est,

    the limit, measure of night, Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17 (but v. 3. below, fin. and the passage there cited from Pliny): sol ex aequo metā distabat utrāque, equally far from both ends of his course, i. e. at noon, Ov. M. 3, 145:

    intercalariis mensibus interponendis ita dispensavit (Numa), ut vices uno anno ad metam eandem solis unde orsi essent... dies congruerent,

    Liv. 1, 19, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    metae Marsicae, = fines Marsorum,

    Mart. Cap. 4, § 331 Kapp:

    pares horarum metas, tam antemeridialium quam postremarum, manifestant,

    id. 6, § 600.—
    2.
    A turning-point in one's course:

    praestat Trinacrii metas lustrare Pachyni,

    to sail around the promontory of Pachynus, Verg. A. 3, 429.—
    3.
    Of any thing resembling in shape the meta of the Circus; any thing of a conical or pyramidal form, a cone, pyramid (class.);

    of a conical hill: ipse collis est in modum metae, in acutum cacumen a fundo satis lato fastigatus,

    Liv. 37, 27:

    buxus in metas emittitur,

    into cones, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70:

    in metas foenum exstruere,

    in ricks, haycocks, Col. 2, 18, 2:

    lactantes,

    conical cheeses, Mart. 1, 44, 7:

    lactis,

    id. 3, 58, 35:

    meta sudans,

    a conical stone on a fountain, dripping with water, Sen. Ep. 56, 4: meta molendaria, or molendinaria, that part of the upper millstone which projects downward and grinds the corn (the upper part is the catillus, q. v.); = Gr. onos aletês, Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 5:

    metas molendinarias rotare,

    Amm. 17, 4, 15:

    si minor materia quam lux, metae existere effigiem,

    i. e. if the solid body be smaller than the light, its shadow will be conical, Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 51 (cf. the context).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > meta

  • 13 adversiō

        adversiō ōnis, f    [adverto], direction, employment: animi.
    * * *
    turning/directing (one thing towards another)

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  • 14 in-dūcō

        in-dūcō dūxī    (indūxtī for indūxīstī, T.), ductus, ere, to lead in, bring in, introduce, conduct, lead up, bring forward: metuens induceris (i. e. in domum), H.: legionis principes (sc. in urbem), L.: turmas inducit Asilas, heads, V.: hostīs in curiam: cohortem in medios hostīs, S.: principes in cornua, lead against, L.: mensorem arvis (i. e. in arva), V. —To bring forward, exhibit, represent: a me gladiatorum par inducitur: fabula quem miserum vixisse Inducit, H.—To put on, clothe: tunicam in lacertos: manibus caestūs, V.: tunicāque inducitur artūs, V.—To draw over, spread over, overlay, overspread: super lateres coria, Cs.: ubi suos Aurora induxerat ortūs, V.: pontem, Cu.: pulvis velut nube inductā, etc., L.: Inducto pallore, i. e. turning pale, O.: varias plumas, H.: terris Umbras, H.: humanam membris formam, O.: scuta pellibus, cover, Cs.: fontīs umbrā, V.: fontibus umbras, V.: (victima) inducta cornibus aurum, O. —Of words in a wax tablet, to smooth over, strike out, erase: nomina: senatūs consultum, repeal: ut induceretur locatio, be cancelled.—Fig., to bring in, introduce: thiasos Bacchi, V.: morem iudiciorum in rem p.: pecuniam in rationem, set down in the account: ager ingenti pecuniā vobis inducetur, will be charged.—In speaking, to introduce, represent, describe: Gyges inducitur a Platone: Tiresiam: consuetudinem.—To move, excite, persuade, induce, mislead, seduce: emptorem, H.: animum in spem: animum ad meretricem, T.: pretio inductus, V.: promissis aliquem: Carthaginiensīs ad bellum, N.: quem, ut mentiatur, inducere possum.—In the phrase, in animum inducere, to persuade oneself, resolve, determine, conclude: nemo alteri concedere in animum inducebat, L.: postremo Caesar in animum induxerat, laborare, had determined, S.: consules ut pronuntiarent, in animum inducere, L.—In the phrase, animum inducere, to bring one's mind, resolve, conclude, suppose, imagine: id quod animum induxerat paulisper non tenuit: animum inducere, contra ea dicere: cantare, H.: qui huic adsentari animum induxeris, T.: inducere animum, ut oblivisceretur, etc.—To entrap, ensnare, deluds: socios.

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  • 15 conversus

    I
    conversa, conversum ADJ
    upside down; inverted; turned backward; recurved; facing in a specified directio
    II
    convert; one who has changed
    III
    turning, twisting around

    Latin-English dictionary > conversus

  • 16 tornatura

    turning; work of a turner/lathe operator/one who fashions in wood

    Latin-English dictionary > tornatura

  • 17 adversio

    adversĭo, ōnis, f. [adverto], a turning or directing one thing to or toward another:

    animi,

    Cic. Arch. 7, 16; Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 13.

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  • 18 articulus

    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    nodi corporum, qui vocantur articuli,

    Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 217:

    hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, pollex binos,

    id. 11, 43, 99, § 244:

    summus caudae articulus,

    id. 8, 41, 63, § 153 al.:

    crura sine nodis articulisque,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

    ipso in articulo, quo jungitur capiti cervix,

    Liv. 27, 49:

    auxerat articulos macies,

    i. e. had made more joints, had made the bones visible, Ov. M. 8, 807:

    articulorum dolores habere,

    i. e. gouty pains, Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.; cf. Cels. 5, 18: postquam illi justa cheragra Contudit articulos, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 16; cf. Pers. 5, 58:

    gladiatorem vehementis impetus excipit adversarii mollis articulus,

    Quint. 2, 12, 2.—Hence, molli articulo tractare aliquem, to touch one gently, softly, Quint. 11, 2, 70.—Of plants:

    ineunte vere in iis (vitibus), quae relicta sunt, exsistit, tamquam ad articulos sarmentorum, ea quae gemma dicitur,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 53; Plin. 16, 24, 36, § 88:

    ante quam seges in articulum eat,

    Col. 2, 11, 9; so Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 159. —Of mountains, a hill connecting several larger mountains:

    montium articuli,

    Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 201.—
    B.
    With an extension of the idea, a limb, member, in gen. (cf. 2. artus), * Lucr. 3, 697.—Hence also for a finger, Prop. 2, 34, 80; so Ov. H. 10, 140; id. P. 2, 3, 18:

    quot manus atteruntur, ut unus niteat articulus!

    Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 158:

    ab eo missus est articulus manūs,

    Vulg. Dan. 5, 24:

    aspiciebat articulos manūs,

    ib. ib. 5, 5: erexit me super articulos manuum mearum, on the fingers or palms of my hands, ib. ib. 10, 10. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of discourse, a member, part, division: articulus dicitur, cum singula verba intervallis distinguuntur caesā oratione, hoc modo: acrimoniā, voce, vultu adversarios perterruisti, Auct. ad Her. 4, 19: continuatio verborum soluta multo est aptior atque jucundior, si est articulis membrisque (kommasi kai kôlois) distincta, quam si continuata ac producta, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186: (genus orationis) fluctuans et dissolutum eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc, Auct. ad Her. 4, 11.—

    Hence,

    a short clause, Dig. 36, 1, 27;

    also,

    a single word, ib. 35, 1, 4:

    articulus Est praesentis temporis demonstrationem continet,

    ib. 34, 2, 35:

    hoc articulo Quisque omnes significantur,

    ib. 28, 5, 29.—In gram. the pronn. hic and quis, Varr. L. L. 8, § 45 Müll.; the article, Quint. 1, 4, 19.—
    B.
    Of time.
    1.
    A point of time, a moment:

    commoditatis omnes articulos scio,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 31.—With tempus:

    qui hunc in summas angustias adductum putaret, ut eum suis conditionibus in ipso articulo temporis astringeret,

    at the most critical moment, Cic. Quinct. 5, 19:

    in ipsis quos dixi temporum articulis,

    Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216: si de singulis articulis [p. 168] temporum deliberabimus, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4;

    also without tempus: in ipso articulo,

    at the fit moment, at the nick of time, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 21.—With dies:

    in articulo diei illius ingressus est,

    on that very day, Vulg. Gen. 7, 13.—And with res:

    in articulo rerum,

    Curt. 3, 5; also in articulo, instantly, immediately, = statim, Cod. Just. 1, 33, 3.—Hence with the idea extended,
    2.
    A space, division of time:

    hi cardines singulis articulis dividuntur,

    Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 222:

    octo articuli lunae,

    id. 18, 35, 79, § 350: articulus austrinus, i. e. in which auster blows, id. 17, 2, 2, § 11.—
    C.
    Of other abstract things, part, division, point: per eosdem articulos (i.e. per easdem honorum partes) et gradus producere, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4:

    stationes in mediis latitudinum articulis, quae vocant ecliptica,

    Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 68; Dig. 1, 3, 12:

    ventum est ergo ad ipsum articulum causae, i. e. ventum ad rei cardinem,

    the turning-point, Arn. 7, p. 243.

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  • 19 aversatio

    āversātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a turning of one ' s self away, aversion (post-Aug. and rare):

    tacita aversatio,

    Quint. 8, 3, 65:

    alienorum processuum,

    Sen. Tranq. 2 med.

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  • 20 circumago

    circum-ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To drive or turn in a circle, turn round (most freq. since the Aug. per.;

    not in Cic. or Quint.): impera suovetaurilia circumagi,

    Cato, R. R. 141, 1.—And with two acc. (on account of circum):

    terram fundumque meum suovetaurilia circumagi jussi,

    Cato, R. R. 141, § 2:

    (annus) qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe,

    Liv. 1, 19, 6:

    chamaeleonis oculos ipsos circumagi totos tradunt,

    Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 152.— Act. in mid. sense (very rare):

    Aegeum pelagus summotas terras hinc ad promunturium, quod Sunium vocatur, magno ambitu mollique circumagit,

    rolls around, surrounds, Mel. 2, 2, 8.—
    2.
    To drive around, produce by going around:

    pinctis bobus... aratro circumagebant sulcum,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.—Hence,
    B.
    T. t., to manumit a slave by turning him round. since the slave, in such a case, was taken by his master with the right hand, and turned around in a circle (cf. vertigo, Casaub. Pers. 5, 75 sq., and Dict. of Antiq.);

    fig.: qui se illi (philosophiae) subjecit et tradidit, statim circumagitur: hoc enim ipsum philosophiae servire libertas est,

    Sen. Ep. 8, 6.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, with se, or more freq. in pass, to pass away, to be spent (so most freq. in temp. perf. and in Liv.):

    in ipso conatu rerum circumegit se annus,

    Liv. 9, 18, 14:

    sed prius se aestas circumegit, quam, etc.,

    id. 23, 39, 4:

    prius circumactus est annus, quam, etc.,

    id. 6, 38, 1:

    circumactis decem et octo mensibus,

    id. 9, 33, 3; 6, 1, 4; 26, 40, 1; 27, 30, 11; 44, 36, 1; Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76;

    and in tmesis: circum tribus actis annis,

    Lucr. 5, 881.—In temp. pres.:

    annus, qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe,

    Liv. 1, 19, 6:

    nobis in apparatu ipso annus circumagitur,

    id. 24, 8, 8.—
    2.
    Of the vicissitudes of fortune, etc.:

    cum videamus tot varietates tam volubili orbe circumagi,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6.—
    II.
    To turn, turn about, wheel around:

    equos frenis,

    Liv. 1, 14, 9; 8, 7, 10; 10, 11, 1; Curt. 3, 11, 14 sq.:

    collum in aversam se,

    Plin. 11, 47, 107, § 256:

    corpora,

    Tac. H. 4, 29:

    se ad dissonos clamores,

    Liv. 4, 28, 2:

    circumagitur, cum venit, imago (in speculis),

    Lucr. 4, 316 (340):

    circumagente se vento,

    Liv. 37, 16, 4:

    aciem,

    id. 42, 64, 5:

    signa,

    id. 10, 36, 9; 6, 24, 7; Curt. 4, 6, 14:

    ut qui (milites) ultimi stabant... verti tamen et in frontem circumagi possent,

    id. 4, 13, 32:

    se,

    to turn about, Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 199; 16, 41, 80, § 220:

    legiones,

    to lead back, Flor. 3, 21, 6. —Hence, prov.:

    circumagetur hic orbis,

    the tide will turn, Liv. 42, 42, 6; cf.

    ' praecipua cenationum rotunda, quae perpetuo diebus ac noctibus vice mundi circumageretur,

    Suet. Ner. 31.—
    2.
    Esp., to agitate, disturb:

    verna (mala) stomacho inutilia sunt, alvom, vesicam circumagunt,

    Plin. 23, 6, 54, § 100.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    hic paululum circumacta fortuna est,

    changes, is changed, Flor. 2, 2, 22:

    sed unā voce, quā Quirites eos pro militibus appellarat, tam facile circumegit et flexit,

    Suet. Caes. 70:

    quo te circumagas?

    whither will you now turn? Juv. 9, 81:

    universum prope humanum genus circumegit in se,

    brought over to his side, Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 13.—
    III.
    (Acc. to circum, II. C.) To run or drive about, proceed from one place to another:

    (milites) huc illuc clamoribus hostium circumagi,

    Tac. H, 3, 73: nil opus est te Circumagi, i. e. that you wander about with me, * Hor. S. 1, 9, 17.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    non pendere ex alterius vultu ac nutu, nec alieni momentis animi circumagi,

    Liv. 39, 5, 3:

    rumoribus vulgi circumagi,

    id. 44, 34, 4; 26, 8, 3.—
    IV.
    Aliquem aliquā re = circumdare, to surround with something:

    fratrem Saturnum muro,

    Lact. 1, 14.—Hence, circumactus, a, um, P. a., bent around, curved (perh. only in the two Plin.):

    in orbem circumactus,

    Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 102; 15, 14, 15, § 51; 16, 34, 62, § 146:

    sensim circumactis curvatisque litoribus,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12.

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