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Latin
Etymology
From con- + vellō.
Pronunciation
Verb
convellō (present infinitive convellere, perfect active convellī, supine convulsum); third conjugation
- to shatter, batter, convulse
- to overthrow
Conjugation
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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, 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...)