dē-verto — Lewis & Short
dē-verto or dēvorto, ti, sum (in MSS. often confounded with diverto), 3, v. a. and n.
I Act.
A To turn away, turn aside any thing:
comites suo hortatu,Luc. 6, 317:
acies,id. 2, 470:
ventura fata suo cursu,id. 6, 591; cf. Aur. Vict. Caes. 38.— Far more freq.,
B Pass. with mid. force, to turn one's self aside; and with esp. reference to the term. ad quem, to turn or betake one's self to any place; to turn in, put up at (in the latter sense esp. freq. in Plaut., whereas Cicero commonly uses the act. form; v. under no. II.).
1 Prop.:
si qui Cobiamacho (vico) deverterentur,Cic. Font. 5, 9:
juvat ire jugis, qua nulla priorum Castaliam molli devertitur orbita clivo,Verg. G. 3, 293: deverti ad amicos suos, Cato ap. Fest. p. 234, 26 Müll.:
devortitur apud suum paternum hospitem,Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 56:
apud aliquem,id. ib. 2, 2, 85; so Liv. 42, 1, 10; cf.
ib. § 7: ad me in hospitium maximum,id. Poen. 3, 3, 60; cf.
in amici hospitium,id. Mil. 3, 1, 146; id. Ps. 4, 2, 6:
huc in tabernam,id. ib. 2, 2, 63:
intro domum,id. Stich. 4, 1, 29; cf. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 82:
in hortos in quibus devertebatur, pergunt,Tac. H. 3, 11.—
2 Trop., to resort to, have recourse to (very rare):
ad magicas artes,Ov. A. A. 2, 425:
meas ad artes,id. M. 9, 62.—
II Neutr. (i. q. no. I. B.), to turn or go aside from any place or any direction; to turn or go towards; to turn in, put up, lodge anywhere.
1 Prop.:
viā devertit,Liv. 44, 43: viā, Plin. Pan. 52 fin.:
devertere ad cauponem, ad hospitem,Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 9; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57:
ad aliquem,id. Fin. 5, 2; id. Att. 10, 16 fin.:
ad villam Philemonis,id. Fam. 7, 18, 3; cf.:
ad se in Albanum,id. Mil. 19, 51:
ad villam suam,id. ib.:
in villam suam,id. Off. 2, 18 fin.:
domum regis hospitis,id. Deiot. 6, 17:
Massiliam,id. Phil. 13, 6; cf.
Interamnam,Tac. H. 2, 64:
Rhodum,Suet. Tib. 12 et saep.—With apud (late Lat.; cf. deversor): in pago apud familiares devertimus, Ap. M. 4 init.; cf. id. ib. 10, p. 238, 14.—Absol.:
itineris causa ut deverterem,Cic. Att. 3, 7.—
2 Trop. (very rare):
sed redeamus illuc, unde devertimus,have digressed, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4; so Liv. 35, 40:
in haec devertisse non fuerit alienum,Plin. 2, 7, 5 fin. (Sillig, divertisse).