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converto
transitive and intransitive verb III conjugation

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1 to turn upside down or to side-to-side
2 to invert, to transpose, to convulse
3 (soil) to turn over or dig
4 to turn backwards, to recoil
5 to retort
6 to drive back, to repulse
7 (course or attention) to direct
8 to translate
9 to modify, to adapt
10 to change, to alter, to transform
11 (to cash) to convert, to pay over
12 to cause to turn, to revolve, to rotate
13 to turn, to wheel about
14 to reverse
15 to shift, to transfer

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Locutions, idioms and examples

ad Eunonem convertit = he turned to Eunones || aliquid in serium converto || aliquid in rem suam converto || aliquid in Latinum converto || castra castris converto || aciem converto = to change the battle deployment || ad pedites convortit || ad aliquem ora converto = to turn the face (= one's eyes) to someone || omnium oculos in me converto || ceteri ad sapientiora convertere (= converterunt) || e Graeco in Latinum converto || aciem in fugam converto = to put the troops to flight || animos hominum ad me converteram || ad centuriones ora convertunt = they turn their eyes towards the centurions || ad subsidiarios signa convertit || aliena in suam rem converto || an in hostes rostra converteret || ad valvas se templi limenque convertisse || boum vox Herculem convertit || animum ad honestiora quam ad tutiora converto || ad sanitatem redeo (or revertor, or me converto) || argumentum converti in eum potest a quo dictum est || castra de planitie convertit in montes || ad hunc se confestim a Pulione omnis multitudo convertit = the whole mass of enemies immediately turns against him, forgetting Pullo || ad tribunum militum centurionesque ora convertunt || vos me … ad unam salutem rei publicae convertistis || aliquem in fugam converto or conicio or do or impello || civile bellum … Lepidus ad pacem concordiamque convertit || ampla et honesta res totos ad se convertit et rapit || ad provinciae regnique fines omnia convertit praesidia || animos imperitorum ad deorum cultum a vitae pravitate converto || cavendum vero ne etiam in gravis inimicitias convertant se amicitiae || aquilarum altera in contrariam ac ferebatur partem se ipsa convertit || ad hanc scribendi operam omne studium curamque convertimus = we turn all interest and preoccupation to this occupation of writing