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
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..."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..."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..."