convexus

Latin

Etymology

From convehō (“carry”). Compare dēvexus (“sloping down”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈu̯ek.sus/, [kɔnˈu̯ɛks̠ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈvek.sus/, [koɱˈvɛksus]

Adjective

convexus (feminine convexa, neuter convexum); first/second-declension adjective

1. vaulted, arched, rounded
2. convex or concave (depending on context)
3. inclined (sloping downwards)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	convexus	convexa	convexum		convexī	convexae	convexa
Genitive	convexī	convexae	convexī		convexōrum	convexārum	convexōrum
Dative	convexō		convexō		convexīs
Accusative	convexum	convexam	convexum		convexōs	convexās	convexa
Ablative	convexō	convexā	convexō		convexīs
Vocative	convexe	convexa	convexum		convexī	convexae	convexa

Related terms

• dēvexus
• subvexus

Descendants

• Catalan: convex
• English: convex
• Esperanto: konveksa
• French: convexe
  • → Dutch: convex
    • → Indonesian: konvèks
  • → Romanian: convex
  • → Turkish: konveks
• Galician: convexo
• Hungarian: konvex
• Italian: convesso
• Portuguese: convexo
• Spanish: convexo
• → Norwegian Bokmål: konveks
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: konveks

References

• “convexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “convexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• convexus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• convexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette