dē-rīvo — Lewis & Short
dē-rīvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.rivus,
I to lead, turn, or draw off a liquid, from or to a place.
I Prop.:
de fluvio aquam,Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 12 sq.: aqua ex flumine derivata, * Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3:
flumen,Hirt. ib. 8, 40, 3; Liv. 5, 15, 12; 5, 16, 9:
derivata in domos flumina,Sen. N. Q. 1 praef. 7; 4, 2, 8; cf.:
umorem in conliquias,Col. 2, 8, 3.—
B to disperse, distribute:
deriventur fontes tui foras,Vulg. Prov. 5, 16.—
II Trop.
A In gen. (repeatedly in Cic.):
nihil in suam domum inde,Cic. Tusc. 5, 25, 72:
alia ex his fontibus,Quint. 2, 17, 40; cf.:
hoc fonte derivata clades,Hor. Od. 3, 6, 19: derivare auimum curaque levare, to divert, * Lucr. 2, 365:
derivandi criminis causa,Cic. Mil. 10 fin.:
iram alicujus in se,Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 9:
culpam in aliquem,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20 fin.; cf. id. Att. 4, 3, 2:
culpam derivare in rem,Quint. 7, 4, 14:
partem aliquam curae et cogitationis in Asiam,Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 22:
exspectationem largitionis agrariae in agrum Campanum,id. Att. 2, 16:
alio responsionem suam,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 53.—
B Esp., in gramm., to derive, sc. one word from another (postAug. for ducere), Quint. 1, 6, 38; 8, 3, 31; Diom. p. 310 P. et saep.