deverto

Latin

Alternative forms

dēvortō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertō

Latin dēvertō

From dē- + vertō (“turn”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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
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		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		dēvertere		dēvertī		dēvertēns		—
future		dēversūrum esse		dēversum īrī		dēversūrus		dēvertendus, dēvertundus
perfect		dēvertisse		dēversum esse		—		dēversus
future perfect		—		dēversum fore		—		—
perfect potential		dēversūrum fuisse		—		—		—
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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to go to a man's house as his guest: deverti ad aliquem (ad [in] villam)