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converro

converro, to sweep together

con-verro (or -vorro), verri, versum, 3, 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 (351): capiam scopas atque hoc convorram, id. ib. 2, 2, 51 (375); 2, 2, 64 (388); 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 (844).

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