convexus
ποταμῷ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμβῆναι δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ → it is impossible to step twice in the same river, you cannot step twice into the same rivers
Latin > English
convexus convexa, convexum ADJ :: arching/arched, vaulted, convex; well-rounded; [~ in => set in a curve round]
convexus convexus convexa, convexum ADJ :: inclined, sloping downwards; concave
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
convexus: a, um, adj. conveho,
I vaulted, arched, rounded, convex, concave.
I Prop.: convexum id est ex omni parte declinatum, qualis est natura caeli, quod ex omni parte ad terram versus declinatum est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 18 Müll. (poet., and in post-Aug. prose; not in Lucr., Quint., and Hor.): caelum, Ov. M. 1, 26; cf.: nutans convexo pondere mundus, Verg. E. 4, 50; and, mundus, Plin. 2, 2, 2, § 5; Cic. Arat. ap. N. D. 2, 44, 112 Creuz. N. cr.: foramina terrae, Ov. M. 6, 697: vallis, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 38: cornua, id. 11, 37, 45, § 125: folia in terram, id. 25, 10, 77, § 124.—Poet.: vulgus, i. e. sitting on the curved seats of the theatre, Claud. Cons. Hon. 6, 614.—
2 Subst.: convexum, i, and more freq. in plur.: convexa, ōrum, n., a vault, arch, concavity: in convexo nemorum, Verg. A. 1, 310: taedet caeli convexa tueri, the vaulted arch, id. ib. 4, 451; so, vallium, the hollows, cavities, Just. 2, 10; cf.: dum montibus umbrae lustrabunt convexa, Verg. A. 1, 608; and absol.: talis sese halitus ... supera ad convexa ferebat, id. ib. 6, 241; so of the heavens, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 242; id. in Rufin. 1, 367; 2, 454 al.; of a theatre, id. Cons. Stil. 3, 190.—
B Trop.: Ἐνθύμημα crebrum et coruscum et convexum, Gell. 17, 20, 4 Hertz.—
II In gen., inclined, sloping downwards: vertex ad aequora, Ov. M. 13, 911; cf. Plin. 12, 22, 49, § 107: iter, Ov. M. 14, 154: vallis repente convexa, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 38.
convexus: ūs, m., = περιφέρεια, Gloss. Vet.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) convexus,¹⁴ a, um (conveho),
1 convexe, arrondi, de forme circulaire : Ov. M. 1, 26 ; Plin. 5, 38
2 courbé, incliné : convexa cornua Plin. 11, 125, cornes courbées || convexo in tramite Virg. En. 11, 515, dans un chemin creux
3 convexum, ī, n., et le plus souvent convexa, ōrum, n., concavité, creux : in convexo nemorum Virg. En. 1, 310, dans un fond entouré de bois ; convexa vallium Just. 2, 10, 24, le creux des vallées ; convexa cæli Virg. En. 4, 451, la voûte du ciel.
(2) convexŭs, ūs, m., forme circulaire : Gloss. Lat.-Gr.
Latin > German (Georges)
convexus, a, um (conveho), nach oben oder nach unten zusammenstoßend, I) nach oben, sich zuwölbend, gewölbt, caelum, Verg.: mundus, Plin.: pondus (mundi), Verg.: foramina terrae, Ov.: orbis lunae, Cic. – subst., convexum, ī, n., u. häufiger im Plur. convexa, ōrum, n., die Wölbung, in convexo nemorum, Verg. Aen. 1, 310: convexa caeli, Verg. Aen. 4, 451. Ambros. de spir. scto 2, 4, 35: u. dass. supera convexa, Verg. Aen. 6, 241; 10, 251. – Übtr., ενθύμημα c., völlig abgerundet, Gell. 17, 20, 4. – II) nach unten = steil herablaufend, rings sich vertiefend, kesselförmig, iter, Ov.: vallis, Plin.: trames silvae, bewaldeter Hohlweg, Verg.: c. in aequora vertex, Ov. – subst., convexa vallium, Talkessel, Iustin. 2, 10, 24: u. so bl. convexa, Bergabhänge, Verg. Aen. 1, 608.
Latin > Chinese
convexus, a, um. adj. :: 凸者。張拱。Supera convexa 空中。Caeli convexa per auras 從空中帶去。