converro

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

con-verro (or -vorro), verri, versum, 3, v. a., to sweep or brush together, to sweep, clear away (mostly ante- and post-class.).

I Lit., Cato R. R. 143, 2: hoc egomet, tu hoc convorre, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 27: capiam scopas atque hoc convorram, id. ib. 2, 2, 51; 2, 2, 64; Publ. Syr. ap. Prisc. p. 900 P.: stabulum, Col. 7, 6, 6: locum, id. 8, 6, 6: limina templorum osculis, Arn. 1, p. 36 al.—

II Meton.: hereditates omnium, to scrape together , * Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78 (al. convertere). —Humorously: aliquem totum cum pulvisculo, to sweep thoroughly, to beat the dust out , i. e. to beat soundly , Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 6.

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