turning

flexus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from flecto.

flexus, ūs, m. [flecto], a bending, turning, winding (class.; in sing. and plur.).

Lit.:

aures duros et quasi corneolos habent introitus, multisque cum flexibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf. Quint. 6, 13, 9:

ut qui cursu parum valent, flexu eludunt,

id. 9, 2, 78:

cum venissem ad pontem, in quo flexus est ad iter Arpinas,

Cic. Att. 16, 13, a, 1; cf.:

in aliquo flexu viae,

Liv. 22, 12, 7:

implicatae flexibus vallium viae,

id. 32, 4, 4:

Rhenus modico flexu in occidentem versus,

Tac. G. 1:

flexu Armeniam petivit,

id. A. 12, 12:

alio flexu reduci ad viam,

Quint. 2, 17, 29:

(quo pacto sol) Brumales adeat flexus,

Lucr. 5, 616:

brumales,

id. 5, 640:

metae,

the turn round the goal, Pers. 3, 63:

labyrinthei,

the mazes, Cat. 64, 114:

capilli dociles et centum flexibus apti,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 13: in litore flexus Mecybernaeus, the bay or gulf, Mela, 2, 3 init.; cf. id. 3, 1.—

Trop.

In gen., a turning, transition into another state, political change:

id enim est caput civilis prudentiae, videre itinera flexusque rerum publicarum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

in hoc flexu quasi aetatis fama adolescentis paululum haesit ad metas (the figure taken from the turning of the racers on reaching the goal),

id. Cael. 31, 75; cf.:

si infinitus forensium rerum labor decursu honorum et jam aetatis flexu constitisset, i. e. senectus,

id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

flexu auctumni (= post medium tempus auctumni, trop. from turning the meta in the Circus),

Tac. H. 5, 23; v. Orell. ad h. 1.—

In partic. (post-Aug.).

An artful turning, winding, shifting:

inde recta fere est actio, hinc mille flexus et artes desiderantur,

Quint. 5, 13, 2:

qui haec recta tantum, et in nullos flexus recedentia tractaverit,

id. 10, 5, 12. —

Of the voice, inflection, modulation, variation:

citharoedi simul et sono vocis et plurimis flexibus serviunt,

Quint. 1, 12, 3:

quid quoque flexu dicendum,

id. 1, 8, 1:

qui flexus deceat miserationem,

id. 1, 11, 12; 1, 8, 3.—

In gram., inflection, variation, derivation (in Varro flexura, v. h. v.): quid vero? quae tota positionis ejusdem in diversos flexus eunt? cum Alba faciat Albanos et Albenses;

volo, volui et volavi,

Quint. 1, 6, 15.

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āversĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].

a turning away; only in the adverb. phrases,

Ex aversione, from behind: illi de praesidio insecuti ex aversione legatos jugulārunt, Auct. B. Hisp. 22 Moeb.—

In the Latin of the jurists: per aversionem or aversione emere, vendere, locare, etc., to buy, sell, etc., something, with a turning away, turned away, i. e. without accurate reckoning, in the gross, by the lot, Dig. 18, 6, 4; 18, 1, 62; 14, 2, 10; 19, 2, 36; 14, 1, 1 al.—

A.. In rhet., a turning away, a figure by which the orator turns the attention of his hearers from the theme before them, a kind of apostrophe (e. g. Cic. Cael. 1; id. Rosc. Am. 49; Verg. A. 4, 425), Quint. 9, 2, 39; Aquil. Rom. 9, p. 102 Ruhnk. Frotsch.—

Trop., aversion, loathing (post-class.):

non metu mortis se patriam deserere, sed Deorum coactum aversione, Dictys, Bell. Troj. 4, 18: aversione stomachorum di laborant,

Arn. 7, p. 231.

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anfractus (not amfr-), a, um, P. a. [qs. from anfringo], winding, bending, cooked:

spatia,

Amm. 29, 5.—Hence, subst.: anfractum, i, n., a winding, a crook, curve (ante-class. for the class. anfractus, us): terrarum anfracta, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 151 Rib.): in anfracto, Varr. ib.: cavata aurium anfracta, Varr. ap. Non. p. 193, 5.

anfractus (not amfr-), ūs, m. [id.], pr. a breaking round; hence, a bending, recurving, turning (in the ante-class. per. rare; v. the preced. art.).

Lit.:

quid pulchrius eā figurā (sc. sphaericā) quae nihil incisum anfractibus, nihil eminens, habere potest?

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47.—Hence, of the circular motion of the sun (acc. to the ancient belief):

solis anfractus,

a circuit, revolution, Cic. Rep. 6, 12; cf. id. Leg. 2, 8.—Of the crookedness of horns:

cornua convoluta in anfractum,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 124.—Of the coils of a serpent, Val. Fl. 7, 523; Stat. Th. 5, 520.—Also freq., particularly in the histt., of the turning or winding of a road, etc., a tortuous, circuitous route:

si nullus anfractus intercederet,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

illa (via) altero tanto longiorem habebat anfractum,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5:

per anfractus jugi procurrere,

Liv. 44, 4:

anfractus viarum,

id. 33, 1:

litorum anfractus,

the windings, id. 38, 7 al.; Luc. 1, 605. —

Trop., of discourse, = ambages, circumlocution, digression:

quid opus est circuitione et anfractu?

Cic. Div. 2, 61, 127:

oratio circumscripta non longo anfractu, sed ad spiritum vocis apto,

id. Part. Or. 6, 21:

quae omnia infinitus anfractus habent,

ramifications, Quint. 6, 1, 15, where Bonn. and Halm read tractatus. —Of legal matters, intricacies, prolixity:

judiciorum,

Cic. Clu. 56, 159:

juris,

Quint. 12, 9, 3.

anfractus (not amfr-), a, um, P. a. [qs. from anfringo], winding, bending, cooked:

spatia,

Amm. 29, 5.—Hence, subst.: anfractum, i, n., a winding, a crook, curve (ante-class. for the class. anfractus, us): terrarum anfracta, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 151 Rib.): in anfracto, Varr. ib.: cavata aurium anfracta, Varr. ap. Non. p. 193, 5.

anfractus (not amfr-), ūs, m. [id.], pr. a breaking round; hence, a bending, recurving, turning (in the ante-class. per. rare; v. the preced. art.).

Lit.:

quid pulchrius eā figurā (sc. sphaericā) quae nihil incisum anfractibus, nihil eminens, habere potest?

Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47.—Hence, of the circular motion of the sun (acc. to the ancient belief):

solis anfractus,

a circuit, revolution, Cic. Rep. 6, 12; cf. id. Leg. 2, 8.—Of the crookedness of horns:

cornua convoluta in anfractum,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 124.—Of the coils of a serpent, Val. Fl. 7, 523; Stat. Th. 5, 520.—Also freq., particularly in the histt., of the turning or winding of a road, etc., a tortuous, circuitous route:

si nullus anfractus intercederet,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

illa (via) altero tanto longiorem habebat anfractum,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5:

per anfractus jugi procurrere,

Liv. 44, 4:

anfractus viarum,

id. 33, 1:

litorum anfractus,

the windings, id. 38, 7 al.; Luc. 1, 605. —

Trop., of discourse, = ambages, circumlocution, digression:

quid opus est circuitione et anfractu?

Cic. Div. 2, 61, 127:

oratio circumscripta non longo anfractu, sed ad spiritum vocis apto,

id. Part. Or. 6, 21:

quae omnia infinitus anfractus habent,

ramifications, Quint. 6, 1, 15, where Bonn. and Halm read tractatus. —Of legal matters, intricacies, prolixity:

judiciorum,

Cic. Clu. 56, 159:

juris,

Quint. 12, 9, 3.

circumactĭo, ōnis, f. [circumago].

Lit., a turning around, revolving (very rare):

solis,

Vitr. 9, 9, 15; Mart. Cap. 8, § 885.—

Trop., of discourse, a turning, turn, compass, Gell. 17, 20, 4.

conjectus, a, um, Part., from conicio.

conjectus, ūs, m. [conicio] (rare but class.; most freq. in Lucr.).

A throwing together.

A crowding, connecting, or uniting together:

materiaï,

Lucr. 5, 417:

altior animaï,

id. 4, 960.—

Concr., a conflux, concourse, confluence; a heap, crowd, pile:

elementorum confluit,

Lucr. 5, 600:

herbae conjectu siccari amnes,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 18.—

A throwing, throwing down, casting, projecting, hurling:

lapidum conjectu fracta domus,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2:

terrae,

Liv. 7, 6, 2:

telorum,

Nep. Pelop. 5, 4:

venire ad teli conjectum,

to come within weapons' throw, Liv. 2, 31, 6; 28, 14, 19; cf.

the opp.: extra teli conjectum consistere,

Petr. 90, 2:

(jaculorum) ex altioribus locis in cavam vallem,

Liv. 25, 16, 22:

quasi quid pugno bracchique superne Conjectu trudatur,

the thrust, Lucr. 6, 435.—

Trop.

Of the eyes, a turning, directing, throwing, etc.:

oculorum in me,

Cic. Sest. 54, 115; so,

oculorum,

id. de Or. 3, 59, 222; id. Planc. 8, 21; Quint. 9, 3, 101; Curt. 9, 7, 25:

non modo telorum sed oculorum,

Plin. Pan. 17, 3.—

Of the mind, etc., a turning, directing:

conjectus animorum in me,

Cic. Sest. 54, 115:

minarum,

Plin. Pan. 17, 3:

conjectura dicta est a conjectu, id est directione quādam rationis ad veritatem,

Quint. 3, 6, 30.—

= conjectura; progredi conjectu longius, Auct. Vict. Caes. 26, 4.

contrōversĭa, ae ( dat. plur. CONTROVORSEIS, C. I. L. 1, 199, 1), f. [controversus], lit., a turning against. *

Lit.:

si controversia aquae insulam subverterit,

the turning of the water against it, Dig. 39, 2, 24, § 5.—

Trop., controversy, contention, quarrel, question, dispute, debate (so in good prose, and very freq., esp. in jurid. and rhet. lang.;

in Quint. more than sixty times): nulla controversia mihi tecum erit,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 83:

apage! controversia'st,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 46:

quicquid est quod in controversiā aut in contentione versetur... a propriis personis et temporibus semper avocet controversiam (orator),

Cic. Or. 14, 45 (cited ap. Quint. 3, 5, 15); cf. id. de Or. 3, 30, 120:

controversias tollere,

id. Phil. 9, 5, 11; cf.

distrahere,

id. Caecin. 2, 6:

rem in controversiam vocare,

id. de Or. 2, 72, 291:

rem adducere in controversiam,

id. ib. 1, 40, 183:

rem deducere in controversiam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

rem ducere in controversiam,

Quint. 3, 8, 52:

venire in controversiam,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 139; Quint. 3, 6, 44 al.:

qui tum agrum, qui in controversiā erat, obtinebat,

Liv. 40, 34, 14:

esse in controversiā,

Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17; 2, 28, 45:

controversiae scholasticae,

Quint. 4, 2, 92;

as the title of a rhet. writing of Seneca: Controversiae: existere controversias ex scripti interpretatione,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 140:

controversiam alere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32 fin.:

constituere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 143: dicere, Quint. 3, 8, 51:

exponere,

id. 10, 7, 21 al.:

dirimere,

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

componere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 9 fin.:

sedare,

Cic. Balb. 19, 43:

ut controversiarum ac dissensionum obliviscerentur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 34:

cujus hereditatis controversia fuerat nulla,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 46:

magnae rei familiaris,

id. Rosc. Am. 31, 87:

movere controversiam nominis,

Tac. Or. 25:

cum de loco et tempore ejus rei controversia inferretur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 86:

ea controversia, quam habet de fundo cum quodam Colophonio,

Cic. Fam. 13, 69, 2; id. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194; id. Brut. 18, 72:

de jure,

Quint. 7, 7, 9:

de substantiā aut de qualitate,

id. 3, 6, 39:

de verbo,

Cels. 3, 3, 25:

controversia est inter scriptores de numero annorum,

Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

controversia orta inter eos de principatu,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112; cf. id. B. G. 5, 44; 7, 33:

controversia non erat, quin verum dicerent,

Cic. Caecin. 11, 31:

nihil controversiae fuit, quin consules crearentur, etc.,

Liv. 4, 17, 7:

sine controversiā ab dis solus diligere,

beyond dispute, without doubt, indisputably, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 14; Cic. Off. 3, 2, 7:

sine ullā controversiā,

id. Caecin. 7, 19.

conversĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a turning round, revolving, revolution (class.).

Lit.

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,

The periodical return of the seasons, caused by the revolution of the heavenly bodies:

mensium annorumque,

Cic. Univ. 14 fin. —

Esp., in medic. lang.,

A turning round, inverting:

vesicae,

Plin. 8, 42, 67, § 166.—In plur.:

vulvae,

Plin. 24, 7, 23, § 39.—

An abscess, Col. 6, 17, 6.—

Trop.

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. —

Esp., in rhet.,

The change or transfer from one species of composition to another, Quint. 10, 5, 4.—

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. —

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.—

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.—

A change of view or opinion:

tanta conversio consecuta est,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 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.