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(verb) : con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3
* To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).
* Lit.
* To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).
* Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo; esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3; so with labefactare: cogitationem,id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6: rei publicae statum,id. Pis. 2, 4: ea quae non possint commoveri,id. de Or. 2, 51, 205: haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,id. Div. 1, 51, 117: judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),id. Caecin. 18, 51: convellere et commutare instituta omnium,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15: acta Dolabellae,id. Phil. 2, 33, 83: rem publicam judicio aliquo,id. Brut. 30, 115: gratiam Caesaris,Hirt. B. G. 8, 50: vires aegri,Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. § 11: fidem legionum promissis,Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.: caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65; 4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,id. ib. 6, 48: fata,Ov. H. 16, 41: secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.
* Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf. vexilla,Tac. A. 1, 20.
* Absol.: haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,Ov. M. 9, 351.
* Medic. t. t.: convulsus (-volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive: latus,Suet. Tib. 72: fauces,Quint. 11, 3, 20.
* Lit.: dapes avido dente,Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40: dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690: loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,id. ib. 3, 414: septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,shattered,id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528: convulsi laniatique centuriones,Tac. A. 1, 32: domum,id. ib. 6, 40.
* Trop.
* Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce: magno cursu verba convellere,Sen. Ep. 40, 2.
* To afflict, torture: verbis convellere pectus,Ov. H. 17, 111.
* To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).
* Lit.
* To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).
* Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo; esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3; so with labefactare: cogitationem,id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6: rei publicae statum,id. Pis. 2, 4: ea quae non possint commoveri,id. de Or. 2, 51, 205: haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,id. Div. 1, 51, 117: judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),id. Caecin. 18, 51: convellere et commutare instituta omnium,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15: acta Dolabellae,id. Phil. 2, 33, 83: rem publicam judicio aliquo,id. Brut. 30, 115: gratiam Caesaris,Hirt. B. G. 8, 50: vires aegri,Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. § 11: fidem legionum promissis,Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.: caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65; 4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,id. ib. 6, 48: fata,Ov. H. 16, 41: secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.
* Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf. vexilla,Tac. A. 1, 20.
* Absol.: haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,Ov. M. 9, 351.
* Medic. t. t.: convulsus (-volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive: latus,Suet. Tib. 72: fauces,Quint. 11, 3, 20.
* Lit.: dapes avido dente,Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40: dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690: loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,id. ib. 3, 414: septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,shattered,id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528: convulsi laniatique centuriones,Tac. A. 1, 32: domum,id. ib. 6, 40.
* Trop.
* Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce: magno cursu verba convellere,Sen. Ep. 40, 2.
* To afflict, torture: verbis convellere pectus,Ov. H. 17, 111.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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