v. a., to press or squeeze together (post-class., and perh. only in the foll. exs.): (multitudo) me male miseram convexavit, Soror Appii Caeci in Gell. 10, 6, 2: animal, Veg. Art. Vet. 3, 18, 6: membra, id. ib. 4, 25, 1: ilia cursu nimio, id. ib. 3, 65, 3.