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|lshtext=<b>conversĭo</b>: ōnis, f. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[turning]] [[round]], revolving, [[revolution]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: caeli, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89; id. Univ. 6 med.; id. Rep. 6, 18, 18: astrorum omnesque [[motus]], id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf. id. N. D. 2, 19, 49: caelestes, id. Leg. 1, 8, 24.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[periodical]] [[return]] of the seasons, caused by the [[revolution]] of the [[heavenly]] bodies: mensium annorumque, Cic. Univ. 14 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., in medic. lang.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> A [[turning]] [[round]], inverting: vesicae, Plin. 8, 42, 67, § 166.—In plur.: vulvae, Plin. 24, 7, 23, § 39.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> An [[abscess]], Col. 6, 17, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., [[subversion]], [[alteration]], [[change]]: [[conversio]] et [[perturbatio]] rerum, Cic. Fl. 37, 94; cf. id. Div. 2, 2, 6: [[moderatio]] et [[conversio]] tempestatum, id. Fl. 13, 31 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., in rhet.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[change]] or [[transfer]] from one [[species]] of [[composition]] to [[another]], Quint. 10, 5, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[repetition]] of the [[same]] [[word]] at the [[end]] of a [[clause]], [[ἀντιστροφή]] or [[ἐπιφορά]], Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207; Quint. 9, 1, 33 sq.; Auct. Her. 4, 13, 19 med.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The rounding of a [[period]], [[καμπή]], [[συστροφή]]: sic [[enim]] has orationis conversiones [[Graeci]] nominant, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186: ut ([[oratio]]) conversiones habeat absolutas, id. ib. 3, 49, 190.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[moral]] [[change]], [[conversion]] ([[late]] Lat.), Alcim. Avit. 6, 49; esp. [[with]] ad: ad [[verum]] Deum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 33: ad unum [[verum]] Deum sanctumque, id. ib. 8, 24, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[change]] of [[view]] or [[opinion]]: tanta [[conversio]] consecuta est, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 18.