converro
οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος → that pollution never wears out, that pollution can never grow old
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
con-verro: (or -vorro), verri, versum, 3,
I v. a., to sweep or brush together, to sweep, clear away (mostly ante- and post-class.).
I Lit., Cato, R. R. 143, 2: hoc egomet, tu hoc convorre, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 27: capiam scopas atque hoc convorram, id. ib. 2, 2, 51; 2, 2, 64; Publ. Syr. ap. Prisc. p. 900 P.: stabulum, Col. 7, 6, 6: locum, id. 8, 6, 6: limina templorum osculis, Arn. 1, p. 36 al.—
II Meton.: hereditates omnium, to scrape together, * Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78 (al. convertere). —Humorously: aliquem totum cum pulvisculo, to sweep thoroughly, to beat the dust out, i. e. to beat soundly, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
converrō,¹⁴ verrī, versum ( Cato Agr. 143, 2 ), ĕre, tr., enlever, nettoyer en balayant : Cato Agr. 143, 2 || [fig.] a) rafler : Cic. Off. 3, 78 ; b) étriller, rosser : Pl. Rud. 845. convorram Pl. St. 375.
