conversĭo (noun 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
* Trop.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.

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