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Liv., iii. 64, 1. 

 Haec victoria prope in haud salubrem luxuriam vertit. 



Liv., ii. 3, 3. 

 Libertatem aliornm in suam vertisse servitutem. 



Liv., ii. 62, 2. 



Omnis ira belli ad populationem agri vertit. (Where clearly 

 the wrath of the troops directs itself against the fruits of the 

 soil.) 



Cf. also Liv. iii., 36, 7, and 



Liv., V. 49, 5. 

 Jam verterat fortuna. 

 Cf. also Tac, Ann. i. 18. 



Sometimes the reflexive form is that found in the Romance 



languages. 



Ter., Adelph. 286. 



Ego jam transacta re 



Convortam me domum. 



Side by side with this instance notice 



Ter., Phor. 312. 

 Ego deos penatis hinc salutatum domum 

 Devortar. 



Periocha in Hauton. Tim. 4. 



Clam patrem devortitur. 



Ter., Eun. 588. 

 Deum sese in pretium convortisse. 



Lucr., i. 678. 

 Convertunt corpora sese. 



Liv., ii. 24, 5. 

 Nec posse bello praeverti quicquam. 



Also Liv., iii. 40, 14; Plaut., Amphit. 914; Tac, Ann. ii. 

 55 ; Virg., Aen. i. 317. 



Beverti : — 



Liv., ii. 46, 6. 



At ego injuratus, aut victor revertar. 



Cf. also Ter., Andr. iv. 4, 740; Ter., Adelph. It. 1, 525; 

 Plaut., Amph. 653; Lucr., i. 237 and 756; Caes., G. ii. 35; 

 iii. 7. 



Converti : — 



Hor., OcL iii. 16, 8. 



Converso in pretium deo. 



The divinity that turned himself into pelf. 



