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See also: conversió

Latin

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Etymology

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From convertō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

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conversiō f (genitive conversiōnis); third declension

  1. the act of turning round or revolving; revolution
  2. (medicine) the act of inverting
  3. alteration, change; conversion
  4. the repetition of the same word at the end of a clause
  5. (Ecclesiastical Latin) conversion

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Descendants

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References

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  • conversio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conversio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "conversio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • conversio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the process of translation: interpretatio, translatio (not versio or conversio)
    • revolution: conversio rei publicae (Div. 2. 2. 6)