deverto

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

dēvortō

Etymology edit

From dē- +‎ vertō (“turn”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈu̯er.toː/, [d̪eːˈu̯ɛrt̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈver.to/, [d̪eˈvɛrt̪o]

Verb edit

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

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

Usage notes edit

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 edit

Conjugation of dēvertō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēverte	—	—	dēvertite	—
active	future	—	dēvertitō	dēvertitō	—	dēvertitōte	dēvertuntō
passive	present	—	dēvertere	—	—	dēvertiminī	—
passive	future	—	dēvertitor	dēvertitor	—	—	dēvertuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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 edit

References edit

“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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to go to a man's house as his guest: deverti ad aliquem (ad [in] villam)