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|lshtext=<b>ā-verto</b>: ([[arch]]. -vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab<br /><b>I</b> init.), ti, [[sum]], 3, v. a., to [[turn]] [[something]] [[away]] from a [[place]], to [[avert]], [[turn]] [[off]], [[remove]], etc. (opp. [[adverto]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Constr. aliquem ab or [[with]] the [[simple]] abl.; the [[limit]] designated by in [[with]] acc. ([[more]] [[rarely]] by ad): ab saxo avortit [[fluctus]] ad [[litus]] scapham, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te [[volo]], [[uxor]], conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita [[ingenium]] [[meum]]: Inimicos [[semper]] osa [[sum]] optuerier, id. Am. 3, 2, 18: (M. [[Lepidus]]) Antonio [[diadema]] Caesari imponente se avertit, Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11: aliquid ab oculis, id. N. D. 2, 56, 141: nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus, [[turn]] [[off]], id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: [[quod]] [[iter]] ab Arari [[Helvetii]] averterant, had turned [[aside]] [[their]] [[march]] from Caes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.: locis seminis ic tum, Lucr. 4, 1273: Italiā Teucrorum regem, Verg. A. 1, 42: a ceteris omnium in se oculos, Liv. 2, 5, 6: in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege [[certamen]], id. 3, 24, 9: ab hominibus ad deos [[preces]], id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, [[instead]] of ab [[aliquo]]. Col. 6, 37, 10.—And [[poet]]. [[with]] acc.: quo [[regnum]] Italiae Libycas averteret oras, Verg. A. 4, 106. —With dat.: Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici, Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491.—Also [[without]] an [[antecedent]] ab ([[since]] this is included in the [[verb]]) [[with]] in [[with]] acc.: in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam, id. 34, 15, 2; [[hence]] absol.: [[mille]] [[acies]] avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam), [[put]] to [[flight]], id. 9, 19, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Pass. in [[mid]]. signif. [[with]] the acc., in the Greek [[manner]], to [[turn]] [[away]] from: [[equus]] fontes avertitur, Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. ἀποστρέφεσθαι τὸ [[ὕδωρ]]>, and aversari): oppositas impasta avertitur herbas, Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to [[turn]] one's [[self]] [[away]], to [[retire]]: ob eam causam huc abs te avorti, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83: [[ecce]] avortit, id. ib. 2, 2, 50: dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit, Verg. A. 1, 402: tum [[prora]] avertit, id. ib. 1, 104: avertit et [[ire]] in [[Capitolium]] coepit, Gell. 4, 18, 4 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[take]] [[away]], [[drive]] [[away]], [[carry]] [[off]], [[steal]], [[embezzle]], to [[appropriate]] to one's [[self]]: pecuniam publicam, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4: compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse, Tac. H. 1, 53: aliquid domum tuam, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19: praedam omnem domum avertebant, Caes. B. C. 3, 59: intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per [[triennium]] aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.: auratam [[Colchis]] pellem, to [[carry]] [[off]], Cat. 64, 5: [[quattuor]] a stabulis tauros, Verg. A. 8, 208: avertere praedas, id. ib. 10, 78: carā pisces avertere mensā, Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[turn]], [[divert]] a [[person]] from a [[course]] of [[action]], [[purpose]], etc.: accusandi terrores et [[minae]] populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt, Cic. Mur. 21: avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis, Liv. 9, 24, 11: qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant, Cic. Sest. 31: ut nec [[vobis]] averteretur a certamine [[animus]], Liv. 1, 28, 5: animum a pietate, id. 7, 5, 7: aliquem ab [[incepto]] avertit, id. 23, 18, 9: a philosophiā, Suet. Ner. 52.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Aliquem, to [[turn]] [[away]] from one in [[feeling]], i. e. to [[make]] [[averse]] or disinclined to, to [[alienate]], [[estrange]]: legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? [[nempe]] eas, quas [[ille]] a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit, Cic. Phil. 10, 3: [[ipse]] [[Pompeius]] totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat, had [[quite]] alienated [[himself]] from, Caes. B. C. 1, 4: civitates ab alicujus amicitiā, id. ib. 3, 79: popularium animos, Sall. J. 111, 2: futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur, Caes. B. G. 1, 20: nobis mentem deorum, Cat. 64, 406.—Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Turned [[off]] or [[away]]: aversum hostem videre [[nemo]] potuit, turned [[away]], i. e. turned in [[flight]], Caes. B. G. 1, 26; [[hence]], [[backwards]], [[behind]], [[back]] ( = a [[tergo]]; opp. [[adversus]]), [[distant]]: et [[adversus]] et [[aversus]] [[impudicus]] es, [[before]] and [[behind]], Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256: [[canities]] homini [[semper]] a priori parte capitis, tum [[deinde]] ab aversā, Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; 11, 52, 113, § 272: ne aversos nostros aggrederentur, [[fall]] [[upon]] [[our]] [[troops]] in the [[rear]], [[Galba]] ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3: ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur, from [[behind]], in the [[rear]], Caes. B. G. 2, 26: aversos proterere, id. B. C. 2, 41: aversi vulnerantur, Auct. B. Alex. 30; 32: aversum ferro transfixit, Nep. Dat. 11, 5: aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit, [[backwards]], Liv. 1, 7, 5 (cf. Prop. 5, 9, 12: Aversos caudā traxit in antra boves): aversa hosti [[porta]], Tac. A. 1, 66: scribit in aversā [[Picens]] epigrammata chartā, [[upon]] the [[back]] of the [[paper]], Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: [[liber]] [[scriptus]] in [[tergo]]), and so al.—Trop.: milites aversi a [[proelio]], withdrawn from the [[battle]], Caes. B. C. 2, 12. —Subst.: āversum, i, n., the [[hinder]] or [[back]] [[part]], the [[back]] (as subst. [[only]] in the <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>): per aversa castrorum [[receptus]] est, Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.: per aversa urbis fugam dederat, Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. 37, 27, 2: aversa montis, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the [[back]] or remoter parts of [[India]], id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—So in adverb. [[phrase]]: in aversum, [[backwards]]: Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus [[quam]] prioribus, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum): [[collum]] [[circum]] agit ([[lynx]]) in aversum, id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, [[hostile]], [[averse]]; constr. [[with]] ab, [[with]] dat., or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ab (so [[most]] [[frequently]] in [[Cicero]]): [[aversus]] a Musis, Cic. Arch. 9, 20: [[aversus]] a [[vero]], id. Cat. 3, 9, 21: turbidi animorum [[motus]], aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae, id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34: [[Quintus]] aversissimo a me [[animo]] fuit, id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14: aversissimus ab istis prodigiis [[sum]], Sen. Ep. 50.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: [[aversus]] mercaturis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 107: [[vilicus]] [[aversus]] contubernio, Col. 12, 1, 2: defensioni aversior, Quint. 7, 1, 11 ([[but]] acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to [[deserve]] the [[preference]]; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: aversa deae [[mens]], Verg. A. 2, 170: aversa [[voluntas]], id. ib. 12, 647: aversos soliti componere amicos, Hor. S. 1, 5, 29: [[aversus]] [[animus]], Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.: [[vultus]] aversior, Sen. Ira, 2, 24: aversi animis, Tac. A. 14, 26.—Adv. not used.
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