noun · femininethird declension
conversiō
conversiō f (genitive conversiōnis)
Meaning
- the act of turning round or revolving; revolution
- the act of inverting
- alteration, change; conversion
- the repetition of the same word at the end of a clause
- EcclesiasticalLatinconversion
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | conversiō | conversiōnēs |
| genitive | conversiōnis | conversiōnum |
| dative | conversiōnī | conversiōnibus |
| accusative | conversiōnem | conversiōnēs |
| ablative | conversiōne | conversiōnibus |
| vocative | conversiō | conversiōnēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- conversio rei publicae (Div. 2. 2. 6)
- revolution.
conversĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a turning round, revolving, revolution (class.).
I. Lit.
A. 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, 2. The periodical return of the seasons, caused by the revolution of the heavenly bodies:
mensium annorumque, Cic. Univ. 14 fin.—B. Esp., in medic. lang.,
a. A turning round, inverting:
vesicae, Plin. 8, 42, 67, § 166.—In plur.: vulvae, Plin. 24, 7, 23, § 39.—b. An abscess, Col. 6, 17, 6.—
II. Trop.
A. 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.—B. Esp., in rhet.,
1. The change or transfer from one species of composition to another, Quint. 10, 5, 4.—
2. The repetition of the same word at the end of a clause, ἀντιστροφή or ἐπιφορά, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207; Quint. 9, 1, 33 sq.; Auct. Her. 4, 13, 19 med.—
3. The rounding of a period, καμπή, συστροφή:
sic enim has orationis conversiones Graeci nominant, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186: ut (oratio) conversiones habeat absolutas, id. ib. 3, 49, 190.—C. 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.—D. A change of view or opinion:
tanta conversio consecuta est, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 18.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
conversiō ōnis, f
com-+VERT-, a turning round, revolving, revolution: caeli: mensium. — Fig., a subversion, alteration, change: rerum: tempestatum: rei p.—In rhet.: in extremum, repetition at the end of a clause: orationis, the rounding of periods.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin conversiō From convertō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Catalanconversió
- Frenchconversion
- Italianconversione
- Occitanconversion
- Portugueseconversão
- Romanianconversiune
- Romanianconversie
- Spanishconversión
- Galicianconversión
- Russianконве́рсия