verbthird conjugation
āvertō
āvertō (present infinitive āvertere, perfect active āvertī, supine āversum)
Classical[aːˈwɛr.toː]Ecclesiastical[aˈvɛr.to]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to turn away, turn off, avert; to avoid, divert, deviate
Franguntur rēmī, tum prōra āvertit et undīs
The oars shatter, then the prow turns away and gives the side [of the ship] to the waves, [and] next comes in a heap a towering mountain of water. (The description of Aeneas’s ship in the storm exemplifies hyperbole.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.104–105 - to remove
- to steal, embezzle, appropriate to oneself
- to put to flight
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
in aliam partem vertō; oculōs āvertere = nōn iam spectāre.āvertō -ere -vertī — in Mille Verba, Circus Maximus
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | āvertō | āvertēbam | āvertam | āvertī | āverteram | āverterō |
| 2nd sg. | āvertis | āvertēbās | āvertēs | āvertistī | āverterās | āverteris |
| 3rd sg. | āvertit | āvertēbat | āvertet | āvertit | āverterat | āverterit |
| 1st pl. | āvertimus | āvertēbāmus | āvertēmus | āvertimus | āverterāmus | āverterimus |
| 2nd pl. | āvertitis | āvertēbātis | āvertētis | āvertistis | āverterātis | āverteritis |
| 3rd pl. | āvertunt | āvertēbant | āvertent | āvertērunt āvertēre | āverterant | āverterint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | āvertam | āverterem | āverterim | āvertissem |
| 2nd sg. | āvertās | āverterēs | āverterīs | āvertissēs |
| 3rd sg. | āvertat | āverteret | āverterit | āvertisset |
| 1st pl. | āvertāmus | āverterēmus | āverterīmus | āvertissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | āvertātis | āverterētis | āverterītis | āvertissētis |
| 3rd pl. | āvertant | āverterent | āverterint | āvertissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | āvertor | āvertēbar | āvertar |
| 2nd sg. | āverteris āvertere | āvertēbāris āvertēbāre | āvertēris āvertēre |
| 3rd sg. | āvertitur | āvertēbātur | āvertētur |
| 1st pl. | āvertimur | āvertēbāmur | āvertēmur |
| 2nd pl. | āvertiminī | āvertēbāminī | āvertēminī |
| 3rd pl. | āvertuntur | āvertēbantur | āvertentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | āvertar | āverterer |
| 2nd sg. | āvertāris āvertāre | āverterēris āverterēre |
| 3rd sg. | āvertātur | āverterētur |
| 1st pl. | āvertāmur | āverterēmur |
| 2nd pl. | āvertāminī | āverterēminī |
| 3rd pl. | āvertantur | āverterentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | āverte | āvertere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | āvertite | āvertiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | āvertitō | āvertitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | āvertitō | āvertitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | āvertitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | āvertuntō | āvertuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | āvertere | āvertī |
| perfect infinitive | āvertisse | āversum esse |
| future infinitive | āversūrum esse | āversum īrī |
| present participle | āvertēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | āversus |
| future participle | āversūrus āversūra, āversūrā, āversūrae, āversūram, āversūrārum, āversūrās, āversūre, āversūrī, āversūrīs, āversūrō, āversūrōrum, āversūrōs, āversūrum | āvertendus āvertundus, āvertenda, āvertendā, āvertendae, āvertendam, āvertendārum, āvertendās, āvertende, āvertendīs, āvertendōrum, āvertendōs |
gerundāvertendī, āvertendō, āvertendumsupineāversum, āversū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- avertere pecuniam (Verr. 2. 1. 4)
- to embezzle money.
- iter flectere, convertere, avertere
- to deviate, change the direction.
- a vero aversum esse (Catil. 3. 1. 29)
- to be averse to truth.
- quod di immortales omen avertant! (Phil. 44. 11)
- and may heaven avert the omen! heaven preserve us from this!
- circumvenire hostem aversum or a tergo (B. G. 2. 26)
- to surround the enemy from the rear.
ā-verto (arch. -vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab
I. init.), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove, etc. (opp. adverto).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.
a. Constr. aliquem ab or with the simple abl.; the limit designated by in with acc. (more rarely by ad):
ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te volo, uxor, conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita ingenium meum: Inimicos semper osa sum optuerier, id. Am. 3, 2, 18: (M. Lepidus) Antonio diadema Caesari imponente se avertit, Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11: aliquid ab oculis, id. N. D. 2, 56, 141: nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus, turn off, id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: quod iter ab Arari Helvetii averterant, had turned aside their march from Caes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.: locis seminis ic tum, Lucr. 4, 1273: Italiā Teucrorum regem, Verg. A. 1, 42: a ceteris omnium in se oculos, Liv. 2, 5, 6: in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen, id. 3, 24, 9: ab hominibus ad deos preces, id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, instead of ab aliquo. Col. 6, 37, 10.—And poet. with acc.: quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras, Verg. A. 4, 106. —With dat.: Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici, Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491.—Also without an antecedent ab (since this is included in the verb) with in with acc.: in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam, id. 34, 15, 2; hence absol.: mille acies avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam), put to flight, id. 9, 19, 17.—b. Pass. in mid. signif. with the acc., in the Greek manner, to turn away from:
equus fontes avertitur, Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. ἀποστρέφεσθαι τὸ ὕδωρ, and aversari): oppositas impasta avertitur herbas, Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248.—c. As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to turn one's self away, to retire:
ob eam causam huc abs te avorti, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83: ecce avortit, id. ib. 2, 2, 50: dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit, Verg. A. 1, 402: tum prora avertit, id. ib. 1, 104: avertit et ire in Capitolium coepit, Gell. 4, 18, 4 al.—B. To take away, drive away, carry off, steal, embezzle, to appropriate to one's self:
pecuniam publicam, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4: compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse, Tac. H. 1, 53: aliquid domum tuam, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19: praedam omnem domum avertebant, Caes. B. C. 3, 59: intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per triennium aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.: auratam Colchis pellem, to carry off, Cat. 64, 5: quattuor a stabulis tauros, Verg. A. 8, 208: avertere praedas, id. ib. 10, 78: carā pisces avertere mensā, Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.—II. Trop.
A. To turn, divert a person from a course of action, purpose, etc.:
accusandi terrores et minae populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt, Cic. Mur. 21: avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis, Liv. 9, 24, 11: qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant, Cic. Sest. 31: ut nec vobis averteretur a certamine animus, Liv. 1, 28, 5: animum a pietate, id. 7, 5, 7: aliquem ab incepto avertit, id. 23, 18, 9: a philosophiā, Suet. Ner. 52.—B. Aliquem, to turn away from one in feeling, i. e. to make averse or disinclined to, to alienate, estrange:
legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? nempe eas, quas ille a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit, Cic. Phil. 10, 3: ipse Pompeius totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat, had quite alienated himself from, Caes. B. C. 1, 4: civitates ab alicujus amicitiā, id. ib. 3, 79: popularium animos, Sall. J. 111, 2: futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur, Caes. B. G. 1, 20: nobis mentem deorum, Cat. 64, 406.—Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a. A. Turned off or away: aversum hostem videre nemo potuit, turned away, i. e. turned in flight, Caes. B. G. 1, 26; hence, backwards, behind, back ( = a tergo; opp. adversus), distant:
et adversus et aversus impudicus es, before and behind, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256: canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā, Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; 11, 52, 113, § 272: ne aversos nostros aggrederentur, fall upon our troops in the rear, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3: ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur, from behind, in the rear, Caes. B. G. 2, 26: aversos proterere, id. B. C. 2, 41: aversi vulnerantur, Auct. B. Alex. 30; 32: aversum ferro transfixit, Nep. Dat. 11, 5: aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit, backwards, Liv. 1, 7, 5 (cf. Prop. 5, 9, 12: Aversos caudā traxit in antra boves): aversa hosti porta, Tac. A. 1, 66: scribit in aversā Picens epigrammata chartā, upon the back of the paper, Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: liber scriptus in tergo), and so al.—Trop.: milites aversi a proelio, withdrawn from the battle, Caes. B. C. 2, 12. —Subst.: āversum, i, n., the hinder or back part, the back (as subst. only in the plur.): per aversa castrorum receptus est, Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.: per aversa urbis fugam dederat, Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. 37, 27, 2: aversa montis, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the back or remoter parts of India, id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—So in adverb. phrase: in aversum, backwards: Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus quam prioribus, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum): collum circum agit (lynx) in aversum, id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). —B. Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, hostile, averse; constr. with ab, with dat., or absol.
(a). With ab (so most frequently in Cicero):
aversus a Musis, Cic. Arch. 9, 20: aversus a vero, id. Cat. 3, 9, 21: turbidi animorum motus, aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae, id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34: Quintus aversissimo a me animo fuit, id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14: aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum, Sen. Ep. 50.—(b). With dat.:
aversus mercaturis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 107: vilicus aversus contubernio, Col. 12, 1, 2: defensioni aversior, Quint. 7, 1, 11 (but acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to deserve the preference; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).—(g). Absol.:
aversa deae mens, Verg. A. 2, 170: aversa voluntas, id. ib. 12, 647: aversos soliti componere amicos, Hor. S. 1, 5, 29: aversus animus, Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.: vultus aversior, Sen. Ira, 2, 24: aversi animis, Tac. A. 14, 26.—Adv. not used.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ā-vertō (avor-) tī, sus, ere,
to turn away, avert, turn off, remove: flumina: se: a Dolabellā pecuniam: iter ab Arari, turned aside, Cs.: a ceteris in se oculos, attracted, L.: eo itinere se, Cs.: Capuā Hannibalem, L.: Italiā regem, V.: in fugam ciassem, L.: ab hominibus ad deos preces, L.: regnum Libycas oras, V.—Pass: aversa est Nata Iovis, turned away, O.: a iudicibus oratio avertitur.—Poet., with acc, to turn from, shun: fontes avertitur (equus), V.—To turn away, retire, withdraw: avertens roseā cervice refulsit (sc. se), V.: prora avertit, V.—To carry off, purloin, steal, embezzle: pecuniam: a stabulis tauros, V.: praedam domum, Cs.: pellem Colchis, Ct. — Fig., to turn, divert, withdraw, keep off: a me animum: ut nec vobis ... averteretur a certamine animus, L.: Hannibalem ab incepto, L.: Sabinos (sc. a pugnā), L.: sanos sensūs, to charm, inflame, V.—To avert, ward off, turn away: morbos, H.: hoc omen: Antoni conatūs a re p.: periculum victimā, Ph.—To alienate, estrange: animos, S.: legiones a C. Antoni scelere: civitates ab eius amicitiā, Cs.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latināvertō
Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Latin āvertō From ab- + vertō.
Descendants
- Englishavert
- Italianavertere