convertebas

Convertebas is a Latin verb form: it is the imperfect active indicative, second person singular, of the verb convero, convertere (to turn, to change). In English, it is typically translated as “you were turning” or “you used to turn.” The form is built from the present stem converte- (or convert-), the imperfect marker -ba-, and the personal ending -s for the second person singular.

Morphology and use: The imperfect indicates a past action that was ongoing or repeated. Convertebas agrees with the subject expressed or implied by the pronoun tu (you). The principal parts of the base verb are convero, convertere, converti, conversum, which places converto in the category of verbs with a regular -ere end in the present and imperfect tenses. Depending on orthography and metrical tradition, the form may appear with a long vowel indication in some texts as convertēbas.

Function and semantics: As the imperfect counterpart of convero, convertebas conveys duration or repetition in the past. It is used in narrative and descriptive past contexts to set scene, describe ongoing actions, or relate habitual past activity involving turning or changing.

Example: Tu rotam convertebas. Translation: You were turning the wheel.

Notes: Convertebas is a single inflected form of the full verb; it does not stand alone as a headword in dictionaries, which would list convero/convertere as the lemma. Its meaning derives from the common Latin verb converto, with a sense focused on turning, changing, or transforming.