averto

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈver.to/

Noun

averto (plural averti)

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Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertō

Latin āvertō

From ab- + vertō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aːˈwɛr.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈvɛr.to]

Verb

āvertō (present infinitive āvertere, perfect active āvertī, supine āversum); third conjugation

to turn away, turn off, avert; to avoid, divert, deviate
Synonyms: dēvertō, prōpulsō, dīvertō, dēclīnō, dēflectō, āspernor, flectō, dēmoveō, āvocō, trānsvertō
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.104–105:
  Franguntur rēmī, tum prōra āvertit et undīs
  dat latus, īnsequitur cumulō praeruptus aquae mōns.
  The oars shatter, then the prow turns away and gives the side [of the ship] to the waves, [and] next comes in a heap a towering mountain of water.
  (The description of Aeneas’s ship in the storm exemplifies hyperbole.)
to remove
Synonyms: dēmō, rapiō, auferō, dīripiō, āmoveō, dēmoveō, removeō, adimō, exhauriō, ēripiō, corripiō, praedor, abdō, legō, eximō
to steal, embezzle, appropriate to oneself
Synonyms: fraudō, tollō, adimō, auferō, agō, ēripiō, dīripiō, abdūcō, rapiō, āmoveō, corripiō
to put to flight
Synonym: fugō

Conjugation

Conjugation of āvertō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	āvertō	āvertis		āvertit	āvertimus	āvertitis		āvertunt
	imperfect	āvertēbam	āvertēbās		āvertēbat	āvertēbāmus	āvertēbātis		āvertēbant
	future	āvertam	āvertēs		āvertet	āvertēmus	āvertētis		āvertent
	perfect	āvertī	āvertistī		āvertit	āvertimus	āvertistis		āvertērunt, āvertēre
	pluperfect	āverteram	āverterās		āverterat	āverterāmus	āverterātis		āverterant
	future perfect	āverterō	āverteris		āverterit	āverterimus	āverteritis		āverterint
passive	present	āvertor	āverteris, āvertere		āvertitur	āvertimur	āvertiminī		āvertuntur
	imperfect	āvertēbar	āvertēbāris, āvertēbāre		āvertēbātur	āvertēbāmur	āvertēbāminī		āvertēbantur
	future	āvertar	āvertēris, āvertēre		āvertētur	āvertēmur	āvertēminī		āvertentur
	perfect	āversus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	āversus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	āversus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	āvertam	āvertās		āvertat	āvertāmus	āvertātis		āvertant
	imperfect	āverterem	āverterēs		āverteret	āverterēmus	āverterētis		āverterent
	perfect	āverterim	āverterīs		āverterit	āverterīmus	āverterītis		āverterint
	pluperfect	āvertissem	āvertissēs		āvertisset	āvertissēmus	āvertissētis		āvertissent
passive	present	āvertar	āvertāris, āvertāre		āvertātur	āvertāmur	āvertāminī		āvertantur
	imperfect	āverterer	āverterēris, āverterēre		āverterētur	āverterēmur	āverterēminī		āverterentur
	perfect	āversus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	āversus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	āverte		—	—	āvertite		—
active	future	—	āvertitō		āvertitō	—	āvertitōte		āvertuntō
passive	present	—	āvertere		—	—	āvertiminī		—
passive	future	—	āvertitor		āvertitor	—	—		āvertuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		āvertere		āvertī		āvertēns		—
future		āversūrum esse		āversum īrī		āversūrus		āvertendus, āvertundus
perfect		āvertisse		āversum esse		—		āversus
future perfect		—		āversum fore		—		—
perfect potential		āversūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		āvertendī	āvertendō		āvertendum	āvertendō	āversum		āversū

Descendants

→ English: avert
→ Italian: avertere

References

“averto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“averto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
averto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
“averto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- and may heaven avert the omen! heaven preserve us from this: quod di immortales omen avertant! (Phil. 44. 11)
- to embezzle money: avertere pecuniam (Verr. 2. 1. 4)
- to deviate, change the direction: iter flectere, convertere, avertere