convexus

convexus, a, um, adj. [conveho], 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.

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., ἐνθύμημα 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.

convexus [CL] , convex, curved (outwardly). b (as sb. n.) convexity. c (celestial) vault. ad convexa poli migrantes culmina celsi Aldh. VirgV 1122; sub aetherea / convexi celi camara Carm. Aldh. 1. 16; ~a, curbata GlC C 526; cur in devexo comparet imago reversa, / convexo speculo formula rite nitet? Neckam DS IX 412; nec potest esse [figura celi] ~a interius. ‥ et iterum, si esset mundus ~e figure intra, non esset natus continere omnia. ‥ quod si non potest esse plane figure nec ~e, oportet quod sit concave, cum non sit alia Bacon Maj. I 154.  b [sensibilia] sicut rectitudo et curvitas, et concavitas et ~um, que collocantur sub figura Bacon Maj. II 6.  c convexa poli nigrescunt aethere furvo Aldh. VirgV 2041; ~u[m], hualf GlC C 525; 9‥ ~a, ða hwalfan WW; arebunt segetes et humor ~i negabitur (Proph. Merlini) G. Mon. VII 4.

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.

convexus , a, um. adj.
凸者。張拱。Supera convexa 空中。Caeli convexa per auras 從空中帶去。

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convexus pro convectus.


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convexus adj.

• conveho, vaulted, arched, rounded, convex, concave: caelum, O.: trames silvae, V.: foramina terrae, O.—As substn., a vault, arch, hollow: in convexo nemorum, V.: caeli convexa, the vaulted arch, V.: ut convexa revisant, return to the air, V.—Inclined, sloping, steep: vertex ad aequora, O.: iter, O.