convello

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ vellō.

Pronunciation

Verb

convellō (present infinitive convellere, perfect active convellī, supine convulsum); third conjugation

  1. to shatter, batter, convulse
  2. to overthrow

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: convellere
  • Portuguese: convelir

References

  • convello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • convello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • convello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to endanger the existence of the state: statum rei publicae convellere
    • to pluck up the standards out of the ground (to begin the march): signa convellere (vid. sect. XVI. 6, note signa...)