averta
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ορτή (aortḗ, “knapsack”). Attested from ca. 4th century CE.
Either influenced by āvertō (“to turn something away”) or borrowed early enough (despite the late attestation), and through a Greek dialect preserving /w/, to participate in the early Latin sound change /wo/> /we/.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈu̯er.ta/, [äˈu̯ɛrt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈver.ta/, [äˈvɛrt̪ä]
Noun edit
averta f (genitive avertae); first declension
- portmanteau, saddlebag(s)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | averta | avertae |
| Genitive | avertae | avertārum |
| Dative | avertae | avertīs |
| Accusative | avertam | avertās |
| Ablative | avertā | avertīs |
| Vocative | averta | avertae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “averta” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Further reading edit
- “averta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- averta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- averta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.