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|lshtext=<b>con-vinco</b>: vīci, victum, 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[overcome]], [[conquer]]; [[always]] [[beyond]] the [[circle]] of milit. lang.<br /><b>I</b> With [[personal]] objects, to [[convict]] of [[crime]] or [[error]], [[refute]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[simple]] acc.: quem ego jam hic convincam [[palam]], Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 147: hujus si [[causa]] non manifestissimis rebus teneretur, [[tamen]] eum [[mores]] ipsius ac [[vita]] convincerent, Cic. Sull. 25, 71: [[verum]] [[enim]] invenire volumus, non [[tamquam]] adversarium aliquem convincere, id. Fin. 1, 5, 13: Aristonis jam fracta et convicta [[secta]], id. Leg. 1, 13, 38: si negem, quo me teste convincas? id. Phil. 2, 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104; Liv. 26, 12, 17; Quint. 1, 6, 10 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With the [[designation]] of the [[crime]], [[error]], etc., [[commonly]] in the gen., [[more]] [[rarely]] in the [[simple]] abl., or [[with]] de, in, or inf.: teque in [[isto]] ipso [[convinco]] non inhumanitatis [[solum]], sed [[etiam]] amentiae, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 9: haec duo levitatis et infirmitatis plerosque convincunt, id. Lael. 17, 64: aliquem summae neglegentiae ([[with]] coarguere), id. Sull. 15, 44: quae (supplicia) in convictos maleficii servos constituta sunt, id. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139: repetundarum, Suet. Caes. 43: latrocinii, caedis. id. Tib. 1 al.: manifestis criminibus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26: multis avaritiae criminibus, id. Fl. 39, 98: convicti et condemnati falsis de pugnis, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 5: scelere [[convictus]], Suet. Ner. 31; Lact. de Ira, 17, 6; cf.: istius [[vita]] tot vitiis flagitiisque convicta, Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 10: in pari peccato, id. Inv. 2, 10, 32: in hoc scelere, id. Sull. 30, 83; so, in homicidio, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 12: in majore fraude, Suet. Claud. 15: in adfectatione imperii, id. Tit. 9.—With inf.: aliquid fecisse convinci, Liv. 45, 10, 14: [[convictus]] pecuniam cepisse, Tac. A. 4, 31; 13, 44; Suet. Calig. 40; Curt. 9, 8, 9; cf. Sall. C. 52, 36.—<br /><b>II</b> With things as objects, to [[prove]] [[something]] incontestably (esp. as [[criminal]], false, [[punishable]]), to [[show]] [[clearly]], [[demonstrate]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: inauditum [[facinus]] ipsius qui commisit voce convinci, Cic. Quint. 25, 79; so, peccata argumentis, id. Part. Or. 33, 116; cf.: falsum veris convincere rebus, Lucr. 4, 764: alios [[sensus]], id. 4, 495: haec poëtarum et pictorum portenta, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 11: orationem ([[with]] redargui), id. Univ. 3 init.: errores Epicuri, id. N. D. 2, 1, 3: falsa, id. ib. 1, 32, 91: avaritiam, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 12: furorem, Ov. M. 13, 58: [[quod]] obicitur, Quint. 5, 10, 35: [[quod]] ([[crimen]]) [[apud]] patres convictum, Tac. A. 14, 40 al.: convicta (praedia), proved not to belong to [[you]], Cic. Fl. 32, 79.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and inf.: [[nihil]] te didicisse ... [[nihil]] scire convincerent, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Par. 5, 3, 41; id. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Quint. 2, 15, 14 al.