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convertere

convertere is a Latin form of converto, meaning “turn around, turn; change, transform; direct”. It is the present active infinitive.

Found 62 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.46: … mnibus telis gladiis destrictis impetum adversus montem in cohortes faciunt, paucisque deiectis reliquos sese convertere cogunt. Submotis sub murum cohortibus ac nonnullam partem propter terrorem in oppidum compulsis facilis est n …

Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 2.13.2: Duabus ergo de causis a te potissimum petere constitui, quod impetratum maxime cupio. Regis exercitum amplissimum: hinc tibi beneficiorum larga materia, longum praeterea tempus, quo amicos tuos exornare potuisti. Convertere ad nostros nec hos multos.

Tibullus, Elegiae 3.7.94: seu libeat, curuo breuius conuertere gyro,

All forms of converto (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.