convexus

== Latin == === Etymology === From convehō (“carry”), with semantic development "carried or moving along" > "inclined, arched"; compare also dēvexus (“sloping down”). The traditional derivation from Proto-Indo-European *wenk- (“to be bent or bowed”), whence Sanskrit वञ्च् (vañc, “to move crookedly”), is phonetically implausible. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈwɛk.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koɱˈvɛk.sus] === Adjective === convexus (feminine convexa, neuter convexum); first/second-declension adjective vaulted, arched, rounded convex or concave (depending on context) inclined (sloping downwards) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== dēvexus subvexus ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “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, 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.