devertisse
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deverto, devertere, deverti, deversus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
divert, turn away/aside/in/off; detour/digress/branch off; lodge/put up;
perf. act. infin.
Examples
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...Syriam proficiscentem fama istius equi adductum Argos devertisse cupidineque habendi eius exarsisse emisseque eum sestertiis centum milibus..."Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...tempore Metapontum venisse tecum neque ad hospitem ante devertisse, quam Pythagorae ipsum illum locum, ubi vitam ediderat, sedemque..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aviditate praedae in vacua Romana castra Numidae devertissent. Ibi dum perscrutantes loca omnia castrorum nullo satis digno morae..."