deverto

Latin

Alternative forms
  • dēvortō

Etymology

From dē- +‎ vertō (“turn”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēvertō (present infinitive dēvertere, perfect active dēvertī, supine dēversum); third conjugation

  1. to turn away, turn aside
    Synonyms: āvertō, dīvertō
  2. (active or passive) to turn in, put up at, lodge
  3. (rare) to resort to
    Synonym: cōnfugiō
  4. (rare) to digress
    Synonym: dīvertō

Usage notes
  • Often confused with dīvertō (“differ”).
  • The sense "turn in, put up at, lodge" is often found in the passive voice, especially in older Latin. Later writers express this idea using the active voice.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of dēvertō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēvertō dēvertis dēvertit dēvertimus dēvertitis dēvertunt
imperfect dēvertēbam dēvertēbās dēvertēbat dēvertēbāmus dēvertēbātis dēvertēbant
future dēvertam dēvertēs dēvertet dēvertēmus dēvertētis dēvertent
perfect dēvertī dēvertistī dēvertit dēvertimus dēvertistis dēvertērunt,
dēvertēre
pluperfect dēverteram dēverterās dēverterat dēverterāmus dēverterātis dēverterant
future perfect dēverterō dēverteris dēverterit dēverterimus dēverteritis dēverterint
passive present dēvertor dēverteris,
dēvertere		 dēvertitur dēvertimur dēvertiminī dēvertuntur
imperfect dēvertēbar dēvertēbāris,
dēvertēbāre		 dēvertēbātur dēvertēbāmur dēvertēbāminī dēvertēbantur
future dēvertar dēvertēris,
dēvertēre		 dēvertētur dēvertēmur dēvertēminī dēvertentur
perfect dēversus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dēversus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dēversus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēvertam dēvertās dēvertat dēvertāmus dēvertātis dēvertant
imperfect dēverterem dēverterēs dēverteret dēverterēmus dēverterētis dēverterent
perfect dēverterim dēverterīs dēverterit dēverterīmus dēverterītis dēverterint
pluperfect dēvertissem dēvertissēs dēvertisset dēvertissēmus dēvertissētis dēvertissent
passive present dēvertar dēvertāris,
dēvertāre		 dēvertātur dēvertāmur dēvertāminī dēvertantur
imperfect dēverterer dēverterēris,
dēverterēre		 dēverterētur dēverterēmur dēverterēminī dēverterentur
perfect dēversus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dēversus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dēverte — — dēvertite —
future — dēvertitō dēvertitō — dēvertitōte dēvertuntō
passive present — dēvertere — — dēvertiminī —
future — dēvertitor dēvertitor — — dēvertuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēvertere dēvertisse dēversūrum esse dēvertī dēversum esse dēversum īrī
participles dēvertēns — dēversūrus — dēversus dēvertendus,
dēvertundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēvertendī dēvertendō dēvertendum dēvertendō dēversum dēversū

Derived terms

References
  • “deverto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “deverto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • deverto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to go to a man's house as his guest: deverti ad aliquem (ad [in] villam)
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