deverto
Latin
Alternative forms
- dēvortō
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈwɛr.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eˈvɛr.t̪o]
Verb
dēvertō (present infinitive dēvertere, perfect active dēvertī, supine dēversum); third conjugation
- to turn away, turn aside
- (active or passive) to turn in, put up at, lodge
- (rare) to resort to
- Synonym: cōnfugiō
- (rare) to digress
- Synonym: dīvertō
Usage notes
- Often confused with dīvertō (“differ”).
- The sense "turn in, put up at, lodge" is often found in the passive voice, especially in older Latin. Later writers express this idea using the active voice.
Conjugation
Conjugation of dēvertō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
References
- “deverto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deverto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deverto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to go to a man's house as his guest: deverti ad aliquem (ad [in] villam)
- to go to a man's house as his guest: deverti ad aliquem (ad [in] villam)