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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + vertō (“turn”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dēvertō (present infinitive dēvertere, perfect active dēvertī, supine dēversum); third conjugation
- to turn away, turn aside
- Synonyms: āvertō, dīvertō
- (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.
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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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to go to a man's house as his guest: deverti ad aliquem (ad villam)