transverto

Latin

Etymology

From trāns- (over, across) +‎ vertō (to turn or turn around).

Pronunciation

Verb

trānsvertō (present infinitive trānsvertere, perfect active trānsvertī, supine trānsversum); third conjugation

  1. (post-classical, literal) to turn or direct across or athwart; to turn over
  2. (transferred sense) to turn away or avert
    Synonyms: āvertō, prōpulsō, dīvertō, dēclīnō, dēflectō, āspernor, flectō, dēmoveō
    1. (figurative) to lead aside or astray

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: transvert

References

  • transverto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • transverto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.