Latin

Verb

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

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

Inflection

Derived terms

• convulsiō

Descendants

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “convello”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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...)