avertam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →averta, avertae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
saddle-bags, traveling bag, luggage for horseback, portmanteau; (mantica);
acc. sg. - Entry →averto, avertere, averti, aversus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
turn away from/aside, divert, rout; disturb; withdraw; steal, misappropriate;
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...mollem spectare ministrum? aspicimus solem sidera, templa, deos. avertam vultus, tamquam mihi pocula Gorgon porrigat atque oculos oraque..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...fila tenebo extendamque colus (duram scio vincere Mortem); avertam luctus et tristia damna vetabo teque nihil laesum viridi..."Praefatio
Titus Livius (Livy) from AB VRBE CONDITA LIBRI
"...tantisper certe dum prisca [tota] illa mente repeto, avertam, omnis expers curae quae scribentis animum, etsi non flectere..."
