English → Latin
“deviate” in Latin
deerrōto wander off, go astray, lose one's waydēvertōto turn away, turn aside; to turn in, put up at, lodge; to resort todēflectōto bend or turn downwards or away; to deflect; to digress
The English word deviate itself goes back to Latin dēviō, through dēviātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deviate
Wander from, deerrare, aberrare ab aliquo, ab aliqua re, or aliqua re only (aberrare PROP. and figuratively).
Turn aside or wander from a path, degredi de via, devertere with or without via (also deverti, Liv., 29, 9, 4): deflectere, declinare de via: avertere se itinere or de itinere (all these of an intentional departure from a path, road, etc.): deerrare via or a via (to lose one’s road). To deviate into a by-path, de via in semitam degredi. To deviate from a purpose, aberrare a proposito or ab eo, quod propositum est (unintentionally); declinare (aliquantulum) a proposito (intentionally). To deviate from one subject to another (of an argument, discussion, etc.), ab aliqua re ad rem deflectere (Cic., Lael., 26, fin.): to deviate from its right course, a recto itinere declinare (of a speech, Quint.): to return to the point from which we deviated, ut eo revocetur, unde huc declinavit oratio. To deviate from the path of duty, declinare a religione officii: not to deviate a hair’s breadth from anything, (transversum) digitum non discedere a re. I am resolved not to deviate a hair’s breadth from anything, mihi certum est a re digitum nusquam (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deviate?
- The usual Latin words for “deviate” are deerrō, dēvertō, dēflectō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.