averso
Dictionary entries
- Entry →averro, averrere, averri, aversus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sweep/brush away, take away, clear away (table);; turn away from/aside, divert, rout; disturb; withdraw; steal, misappropriate;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →aversus, aversa -um, aversior -or -us, aversissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
turned/facing away, w/back turned; behind, in rear; distant; averse; hostile;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →aversum, aversi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
back, back/hinder part; other side, obverse;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...placet, sed arte quadam corrumpitur, et stomacho conciliatur averso. Quod si exemplis vis quoque probari consilium, Saguntini oppressi..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...expressa non dedecet: "Quid nunc agam? Quid facias?" Averso pollice demonstrare aliquid receptum magis puto quam oratori decorum..."XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...carnifex potius adhiberi? pater in tormentis filii non aversos tenuit oculos; ipse vestes scidit, velamenta laceravit, manibus flagella..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...premitque ancipitem crebros et liber congerit ictus desuper averso. sonat omni vulnere vertex inclinis ceditque malis. iam tempora..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fuga Rutuli dant terga per agros. ipse neque aversos dignatur sternere morti nec pede congressos aequo nec tela..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...novis essent adeunda pericula bellis. inde ferens lassos averso tramite passus cum duce Cumaea mollit sermone laborem. dumque..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...occupat illum, ante oculosque natant tenebrae retroque ferenti aversos passus medio lapis obstitit arvo; quem super inpulsum resupino..."Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...omne fortuitum incommodum magis instat cedenti et averso. 'Sed grave est.' Quid? nos ad hoc fortes sumus..."
