LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

dēvertō

dēvertō (present infinitive dēvertere, perfect active dēvertī, supine dēversum)
Classical[deːˈwɛr.toː]Ecclesiastical[deˈvɛr.to]
dēversus perf. pass. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. to turn away, turn aside
  2. activepassiveto turn in, put up at, lodge
  3. rareto resort to
  4. rareto digress

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dēvertōdēvertēbamdēvertamdēvertīdēverteramdēverterō
2nd sg.dēvertisdēvertēbāsdēvertēsdēvertistīdēverterāsdēverteris
3rd sg.dēvertitdēvertēbatdēvertetdēvertitdēverteratdēverterit
1st pl.dēvertimusdēvertēbāmusdēvertēmusdēvertimusdēverterāmusdēverterimus
2nd pl.dēvertitisdēvertēbātisdēvertētisdēvertistisdēverterātisdēverteritis
3rd pl.dēvertuntdēvertēbantdēvertentdēvertērunt
dēvertēre
dēverterantdēverterint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dēvertamdēverteremdēverterimdēvertissem
2nd sg.dēvertāsdēverterēsdēverterīsdēvertissēs
3rd sg.dēvertatdēverteretdēverteritdēvertisset
1st pl.dēvertāmusdēverterēmusdēverterīmusdēvertissēmus
2nd pl.dēvertātisdēverterētisdēverterītisdēvertissētis
3rd pl.dēvertantdēverterentdēverterintdēvertissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dēvertordēvertēbardēvertar
2nd sg.dēverteris
dēvertere
dēvertēbāris
dēvertēbāre
dēvertēris
dēvertēre
3rd sg.dēvertiturdēvertēbāturdēvertētur
1st pl.dēvertimurdēvertēbāmurdēvertēmur
2nd pl.dēvertiminīdēvertēbāminīdēvertēminī
3rd pl.dēvertunturdēvertēbanturdēvertentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dēvertardēverterer
2nd sg.dēvertāris
dēvertāre
dēverterēris
dēverterēre
3rd sg.dēvertāturdēverterētur
1st pl.dēvertāmurdēverterēmur
2nd pl.dēvertāminīdēverterēminī
3rd pl.dēvertanturdēverterentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dēvertedēvertere
pres. 2nd pl.dēvertitedēvertiminī
fut. 2nd sg.dēvertitōdēvertitor
fut. 3rd sg.dēvertitōdēvertitor
fut. 2nd pl.dēvertitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dēvertuntōdēvertuntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedēverteredēvertī
perfect infinitivedēvertissedēversum esse
future infinitivedēversūrum essedēversum īrī
present participledēvertēns—
perfect participle—dēversus
dēversa, dēversā, dēversae, dēversam, dēversārum, dēversās, dēverse, dēversī, dēversīs, dēversō, dēversōrum, dēversōs
future participledēversūrusdēvertendus
dēvertundus, dēvertenda, dēvertendā, dēvertendae, dēvertendam, dēvertendārum, dēvertendās, dēvertende, dēvertendīs, dēvertendōrum, dēvertendōs
gerunddēvertendī, dēvertendō, dēvertendumsupinedēversum, dēversū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

deverti ad aliquem (ad \[in\] villam)
to go to a man's house as his guest.

dē-verto or dēvorto, ti, sum (in MSS. often confounded with diverto), 3, v. a. and n.
I. Act.
A. To turn away, turn aside any thing: comites suo hortatu, Luc. 6, 317: acies, id. 2, 470: ventura fata suo cursu, id. 6, 591; cf. Aur. Vict. Caes. 38.— Far more freq.,
B. Pass. with mid. force, to turn one's self aside; and with esp. reference to the term. ad quem, to turn or betake one's self to any place; to turn in, put up at (in the latter sense esp. freq. in Plaut., whereas Cicero commonly uses the act. form; v. under no. II.).
1. Prop.: si qui Cobiamacho (vico) deverterentur, Cic. Font. 5, 9: juvat ire jugis, qua nulla priorum Castaliam molli devertitur orbita clivo, Verg. G. 3, 293: deverti ad amicos suos, Cato ap. Fest. p. 234, 26 Müll.: devortitur apud suum paternum hospitem, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 56: apud aliquem, id. ib. 2, 2, 85; so Liv. 42, 1, 10; cf. ib. § 7: ad me in hospitium maximum, id. Poen. 3, 3, 60; cf. in amici hospitium, id. Mil. 3, 1, 146; id. Ps. 4, 2, 6: huc in tabernam, id. ib. 2, 2, 63: intro domum, id. Stich. 4, 1, 29; cf. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 82: in hortos in quibus devertebatur, pergunt, Tac. H. 3, 11.—
2. Trop., to resort to, have recourse to (very rare): ad magicas artes, Ov. A. A. 2, 425: meas ad artes, id. M. 9, 62.—
II. Neutr. (i. q. no. I. B.), to turn or go aside from any place or any direction; to turn or go towards; to turn in, put up, lodge anywhere.
1. Prop.: viā devertit, Liv. 44, 43: viā, Plin. Pan. 52 fin.: devertere ad cauponem, ad hospitem, Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 9; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57: ad aliquem, id. Fin. 5, 2; id. Att. 10, 16 fin.: ad villam Philemonis, id. Fam. 7, 18, 3; cf.: ad se in Albanum, id. Mil. 19, 51: ad villam suam, id. ib.: in villam suam, id. Off. 2, 18 fin.: domum regis hospitis, id. Deiot. 6, 17: Massiliam, id. Phil. 13, 6; cf. Interamnam, Tac. H. 2, 64: Rhodum, Suet. Tib. 12 et saep.—With apud (late Lat.; cf. deversor): in pago apud familiares devertimus, Ap. M. 4 init.; cf. id. ib. 10, p. 238, 14.—Absol.: itineris causa ut deverterem, Cic. Att. 3, 7.—
2. Trop. (very rare): sed redeamus illuc, unde devertimus, have digressed, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4; so Liv. 35, 40: in haec devertisse non fuerit alienum, Plin. 2, 7, 5 fin. (Sillig, divertisse).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēvertō

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Latin dēvertō From dē- + vertō (“turn”).

Quick answers

What does dēvertō mean in Latin?
dēvertō, a verb, means “to turn away, turn aside; to turn in, put up at, lodge; to resort to”.
What are the principal parts of dēvertō?
dēvertō, dēvertere, dēvertī, dēversum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce dēvertō?
In classical Latin, [deːˈwɛr.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈvɛr.to].
Where does dēvertō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēvertō.