avertens
Dictionary entries
- 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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- M
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Ancharianam, pro Scauro circa mortem Bostaris in matrem avertens crimen facit. Est etiam illud huic contrarium comparationis genus..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ducit via, dirige gressum.' Dixit, et avertens rosea cervice refulsit, ambrosiaeque comae divinum vertice odorem spiravere, pedes vestis..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...perenni.' rettulit ille pedem torvamque a moenibus urbis avertens faciem 'procul, a! procul omnia' dixit 'talia di pellant..."