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|lshtext=<b>verto</b>: (vorto), ti, [[sum]], 3 (<br /><b>I</b> inf. vortier, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 48; Lucr. 1, 710; 2, 927; 5, 1199 al.), v. a. and n. Sanscr. [[root]] vart-, to [[apply]] one's [[self]], [[turn]]; cf. vart-ukas, [[round]].<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[turn]], to [[turn]] [[round]] or [[about]] (syn.: [[verso]], [[contorqueo]]).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: ([[luna]]) eam partem, quaecumque est ignibus aucta, Ad speciem vertit nobis, Lucr. 5, 724: speciem quo, id. 4, 242: ora huc et huc, Hor. Epod. 4, 9: terga, Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 6: gradu discedere [[verso]], id. M. 4, 338: [[verso]] pede, id. ib. 8, 869: pennas, i. e. to [[fly]] [[away]], Prop. 2, 24, 22 (3, 19, 6): cardinem, Ov. M. 14, 782: fores [[tacito]] cardine, Tib. 1, 6, 12: cadum, to [[turn]] or [[tip]] up, Hor. C. 3, 29, 2: versā [[pulvis]] inscribitur hastā, [[inverted]], Verg. A. 1, 478: verte hac te, puere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 29; cf.: verti me a Minturnis [[Arpinum]] [[versus]], Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1: cum haesisset descendenti (virgini) [[stola]], vertit se et recollegit, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9: [[ante]] tuos [[quotiens]] verti me, perfida, postes, Prop. 1, 16, 43: Pompeiani se verterunt et [[loco]] cesserunt, turned [[about]], [[wheeled]] [[about]], fled, Caes. B. C. 3, 51; cf.: vertere terga, to [[turn]] one's [[back]], [[run]] [[away]], betake one's [[self]] to [[flight]], id. B. G. 1, 53; 3, 21; id. B. C. 1, 47; 3, 63 fin.; Liv. 1, 14, 9; cf. also: hostem in fugam, to [[put]] to [[flight]], [[rout]], id. 30, 33, 16; Auct. B. Afr. 17: [[iter]] [[retro]], Liv. 28, 3, 1: [[hiems]] ([[piscis]]) ad hoc [[mare]], Hor. Epod. 2, 52: fenestrae in viam versae, turned or directed [[towards]], looking [[towards]], Liv. 1, 41, 4; cf.: [[mare]] ad occidentem [[versum]], id. 36, 15, 9: Scytharum [[gens]] ab oriente ad septentrionem se vertit, Curt. 7, 7, 3: ([[Maeander]]) [[nunc]] ad fontes, [[nunc]] in [[mare]] [[versus]], Ov. M. 8, 165: terram [[aratro]], to [[turn]] up or [[over]], to [[plough]], etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 28: ferro terram, Verg. G. 1, 147: glaebas (aratra), Ov. M. 1, 425; 5, 477: [[solum]] bidentibus, Col. 4, 5: agros bove, Prop. 3, 7, 43 (4, 6, 43): collem, Col. 3, 13, 8: freta lacertis (in [[rowing]]), Verg. A. 5, 141: ex illā pecuniā magnam partem ad se vortit, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57.—Mid.: vertier ad lapidem, to [[turn]] or [[incline]] one's [[self]] [[towards]], Lucr. 5, 1199: congressi ... ad caedem vertuntur, Liv. 1, 7, 2; so, versi in fugam hostes, Tac. H. 2, 26; cf.: Philippis versa [[acies]] [[retro]], Hor. C. 3, 4, 26: sinit hic violentis omnia verti Turbinibus, to [[whirl]] [[themselves]] [[about]], Lucr. 5, 503: [[magnus]] caeli si vortitur [[orbis]], id. 5, 510: vertitur [[interea]] [[caelum]], revolves, Verg. A. 2, 250: squamarum serie a caudā ad [[caput]] versā, reaching, Plin. 28, 8, 30, § 119.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen., to [[turn]]: ne ea, quae reipublicae [[causa]] egerit, in suam contumeliam vertat, Caes. B. C. 1, 8: in suam rem litem vertendo, Liv. 3, 72, 2: usum ejus (olei) ad luxuriam vertere [[Graeci]], Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19; cf.: aliquid in rem vertere, [[turn]] to [[account]], [[make]] [[profitable]], Dig. 15, 3, 1 sqq.: edocere, quo [[sese]] vertant sortes, Enn. Trag. v. 64 Vahl.; Verg. A. 1, 671: ne sibi [[vitio]] verterent, [[quod]] abesset a patriā, Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1: idque [[omen]] in Macedonum metum verterunt Tyrii, Curt. 4, 2, 13: in religionem vertentes [[comitia]] biennic habita, [[making]] a [[matter]] of [[religious]] [[scruple]], Liv. 5, 14, 2: aquarum insolita [[magnitudo]] in religionem versa, id. 30, 38, 10; cf. id. 26, 11, 3: id ipsum [[quod]] [[iter]] belli esset obstructum, in [[prodigium]] et [[omen]] imminentium cladium vertebatur, Tac. H. 1, 86 fin.: vertere in se Cotyi [[data]], to [[appropriate]], id. A. 2, 64: perii! [[quid]] agam? quo me vertam? Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 1: quo se verteret, non habebat, Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; id. Div. 2, 72, 149: [[Philippus]] [[totus]] in Persea [[versus]], inclined [[towards]] him, Liv. 40, 5, 9: toti in impetum [[atque]] iram versi, id. 25, 16, 19: si [[bellum]] omne eo vertat, id. 26, 12, 13: di vortant [[bene]], Quod agas, [[cause]] to [[turn]] [[out]] [[well]], [[prosper]], Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 121; cf. [[infra]], II. B.; so, in [[melius]] somnia, Tib. 3, 4, 95.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[turn]], i. e. to [[change]], [[alter]], [[transform]] (syn. [[muto]]): [[Juppiter]] In Amphitruonis vortit [[sese]] imaginem, Plaut. Am. prol. 121: in anginam ego [[nunc]] me velim vorti, id. Most. 1. 3, 61: omnes [[natura]] cibos in corpora viva Vertit, Lucr. 2, 880: vertunt se fluvii frondes et pabula [[laeta]] In pecudes; vertunt pecudes in corpora nostra Naturam, id. 2, 875 sq.; cf.: cum [[terra]] in aquam se vertit, Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31: verte [[omnis]] [[tete]] in [[facies]], Verg. A. 12, 891: ego, quae [[memet]] in omnia verti, id. ib. 7, 309: tot [[sese]] vertit in ora, id. ib. 7, 328: inque deum de bove [[versus]] erat, Ov. F. 5, 616: Auster in Africum se vertit, Caes. B. C. 3, 26 fin.; cf. Liv. 30, 24, 7: semina malorum in contrarias partes se vertere, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: omnia versa et mutata in pejorem partem, id. Rosc. Am. 36, 103: [[cur]] [[nunc]] tua [[quisquam]] Vertere jussa potest, Verg. A. 10, 35: hic continentiam et moderationem in superbiam ac lasciviam vertit, Curt. 6, 6, 1; cf.: [[fortuna]] hoc militiae [[probrum]] vertit in gloriam, id. 9, 10, 28: [[versus]] civitatis [[status]], Tac. A. 1, 4: versis ad prospera fatis, Ov. H. 16, 89: [[solum]], to [[change]] one's [[country]], i. e. to [[emigrate]] or go [[into]] [[exile]], Cic. Balb. 11, 28; Amm. 15, 3, 11 et saep.; v. [[solum]]. —With abl. ([[rare]] and [[poet]].): nullā [[tamen]] alite verti Dignatur, Ov. M. 10, 157; cf. [[muto]].—Prov.: in fumum et cinerem vertere, to [[turn]] [[into]] [[smoke]], [[dissipate]], Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39.—Mid.: omnia vertuntur: [[certe]] vertuntur amores, Prop. 2, 8, 7 (9): [[saevus]] apertam In rabiem coepit verti jocus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 149.—<br /> <b>b</b> To [[exchange]], [[interchange]]: nos divitem istum meminimus adque [[iste]] pauperes nos; vorterunt [[sese]] memoriae, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 11; cf.: vorsis gladiis depugnarier, id. Cas. 2, 5, 36.—<br /> <b>c</b> Of [[literary]] productions, to [[turn]] [[into]] [[another]] [[language]], to [[translate]] (syn.: [[transfero]], [[interpretor]], [[reddo]]): [[Philemo]] scripsit, [[Plautus]] vortit [[barbare]], Plaut. Trin. prol. 19: si sic verterem Platonem, ut verteruntnostri poëtae fabulas, Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7: verti [[etiam]] [[multa]] de Graecis, id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26: annales Acilianos ex Graeco in Latinum sermonem vertit, Liv. 25, 39, 12.—<br /> <b>d</b> To [[ply]]: stimulos sub pectore vertit [[Apollo]], i. e. stimulates the [[fury]], Verg. A. 6, 101.—<br /> <b>e</b> In partic., [[like]] [[our]] to [[turn]] upside [[down]], i. e. to [[overturn]], [[overthrow]], [[subvert]], [[destroy]] (= [[everto]]): [[Callicratidas]] cum [[multa]] fecisset [[egregie]], vertit ad extremum omnia, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84: agerent, verterent cuncta, Tac. H. 1, 2; id. A. 2, 42; 3, 36: Cycnum Vi multā, Ov. M. 12, 139: fluxas Phrygiae res [[fundo]], Verg. A. 10, 88; 1, 20; 2, 652: vertere ab imo [[moenia]] Trojae, id. ib. 5, 810: [[Ilion]] [[fatalis]] incestusque judex ... vertit in pulverem, Hor. C. 3, 3, 20: proceras fraxinos, id. ib. 3, 25, 16: ab imo regna, Sen. Hippol. 562: [[Penates]], id. [[Troad]]. 91: puppem, Luc. 3, 650: fortunas, Amm. 28, 3, 1.—<br /> <b>f</b> Mid., from the [[idea]] of [[turning]] [[round]] in a [[place]], to be [[engaged]] in, to be in a [[place]] or [[condition]]; also to [[turn]], [[rest]], or [[depend]] [[upon]] a [[thing]]: jam [[homo]] in mercaturā vortitur, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 109: res in periculo vortitur, id. Merc. 1, 2, 12; Phaedr. 2, 8, 19; so, res vertitur in majore discrimine, Liv. 6, 36, 7: [[ipse]] catervis Vertitur in mediis, Verg. A. 11, 683: omnia in unius potestate ac moderatione vertentur, Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 20; so, [[spes]] civitatis in dictatore, Liv. 4, 31, 4: totum id in voluntate [[Philippi]], id. 37, 7, 8: [[causa]] in jure, Cic. Brut. 39, 145: hic [[victoria]], Verg. A. 10, 529: cum [[circa]] hanc consultationem [[disceptatio]] [[omnis]] verteretur, Liv. 36, 7, 1: puncto [[saepe]] temporis maximarum rerum momenta verti, id. 3, 27, 7.—Impers.: vertebatur, [[utrum]] manerent in Achaico [[concilio]] Lacedaemonii, an, etc., Liv. 39, 48, 3.—<br /> To [[ascribe]], [[refer]]: quae fuerunt populis [[magis]] [[exitio]] [[quam]] [[fames]] morbique, quaeque [[alia]] in deum iras [[velut]] ultima malorum vertunt, Liv. 4, 9, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.: cum omnium secundorum adversorumque in deos verterent, id. 28, 11, 1.—<br /> = [[considero]]; exercitum majorum [[more]] vortere, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 408 dub. (Sall. H. inc. 51 Dietsch ad loc.).<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[turn]] one's [[self]], [[direct]] one's [[way]], to [[turn]] [[about]], to [[turn]].<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: depulsi aemulatione [[alio]] vertunt, Tac. A. 1, 18: eoque audaciae provectum ut verteret, etc., id. ib. 4, 10: [[utinam]] mea [[vocula]] dominae vertat in auriculas! Prop. 1, 16, 28: versuros [[extemplo]] in fugam omnes [[ratus]], Liv. 38, 26, 8 ([[but]] in Lucr. 5, 617 the [[correct]] [[read]]. is cancri se ut vortat).—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., to [[turn]], [[change]], etc.: jam verterat [[fortuna]], Liv. 5, 49, 5: libertatem aliorum in suam vertisse servitutem conquerebantur, id. 2, 3, 3: totae solidam in glaciem vertere lacunae, Verg. G. 3, 365: verterat [[pernicies]] in accusatorem, Tac. A. 11, 37: [[quod]] si esset [[factum]], [[detrimentum]] in [[bonum]] verteret, Caes. B. C. 3, 73 fin.: ea [[ludificatio]] veri in [[verum]] vertit, Liv. 26, 6, 16: talia incepta, ni in consultorem vertissent, reipublicae pestem [[factura]], [[against]], Sall. H. inc. 89 Dietsch: [[neque]] inmerito suum ipsorum [[exemplum]] in eos versurum, Liv. 7, 38, 6: si [[malus]] est, [[male]] res vortunt, quas agit, [[turn]] [[out]] [[badly]], Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 5; so, quae res [[tibi]] vertat [[male]], Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 37: [[quod]] [[bene]] vertat, [[castra]] Albanos Romanis castris jungere jubet (= cum bonis omnibus), Liv. 1, 28, 1; 3, 62, 5; 3, 35, 8: [[quod]] [[bene]] verteret, Curt. 5, 4, 12; 7, 11, 14: hos [[illi]] ([[quod]] nec vertat [[bene]]), mittimus haedos, Verg. E. 9, 6.—<br /> <b>b</b> Annus, [[mensis]] vertens, the [[course]] or [[space]] of a [[year]], of a [[month]]: [[anno]] vertente [[sine]] controversiā (petisses), Cic. Quint. 12, 40; so, [[anno]] vertente, id. N. D. 2, 20, 53; Nep. Ages. 4, 4; cf.: apparuisse [[numen]] deorum [[intra]] finem anni vertentis, Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 22: tu si hanc emeris, Numquam [[hercle]] hunc mensem vortentem, [[credo]], servibit [[tibi]], Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76; Macr. S. 1, 14.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Pregn.: [[annus]] vertens, the [[great]] [[year]] or [[cycle]] of the [[celestial]] bodies (a [[space]] of 15,000 solar years), Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24.—Hence, ver-sus (vors-), or ([[much]] [[less]] freq.) ver-[[sum]] (vors-), adv., turned in the [[direction]] of, [[towards]] a [[thing]]; usu. [[after]] the [[name]] of a [[place]] to [[which]] [[motion]] is directed (orig. a [[part]]., turned [[towards]], [[facing]], etc., and so [[always]] in Livy; cf. Liv. 1, 18, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; 1, 41, 4; 9, 2, 15).<br /> <b>A</b> Form [[versus]] (vors-).<br /> <b>1</b> After ad and acc.: T. Labienum ad Oceanum [[versus]] ... proficisci jubet, Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ad [[Alpes]] [[versus]], Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2: ad Cercinam insulam [[versus]], Auct. B. Afr. 8, 3: ad Cordubam [[versus]], Auct. B. Hisp. 11: [[modo]] ad Urbem, [[modo]] in Galliam [[versus]], Sall. C. 56, 4. —<br /> <b>2</b> After in and acc.: in agrum [[versus]], Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10: in [[forum]] [[versus]], Cic. Lael. 25, 96: in Arvernos [[versus]], Caes. B. G. 7, 8: si in urbem [[versus]] venturi erunt, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 78 (82), 3.—<br /> <b>3</b> After acc. [[alone]] ([[class]]. [[only]] [[with]] names of towns and [[small]] islands): verti me a Minturnis [[Arpinum]] [[versus]], Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1: [[Brundisium]] [[versus]], id. Fam. 11, 27, 3: Ambraciam [[versus]], Caes. B. C. 3, 36: Massiliam [[versus]], id. ib. 2, 3: Narbonem [[versus]], id. B. G. 7, 7.—<br /> <b>4</b> After [[other]] advv.: [[deorsum]] [[versus]], [[Cato]], R. R. 156, 4: [[sursum]] [[versus]], Cic. Or. 39, 135: dimittit [[quoquo]] [[versus]] legationes, Caes. B. G. 7, 4: ut quaedam vocabula [[utroque]] [[versus]] dicantur, Gell. 5, 12, 10; cf. the adverbs [[deorsum]], [[sursum]], etc.—<br /> <b>B</b> Form [[versum]] (vors-).<br /> <b>1</b> After ad and acc.: animadvertit fugam ad se [[versum]] fieri, Sall. J. 58, 4.—<br /> <b>2</b> After [[other]] advv.: cunas rursum vorsum trahere, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 60 (63): lumbis [[deorsum]] [[versum]] pressis, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5: vineam [[sursum]] vorsum [[semper]] ducito, [[Cato]], R. R. 33, 1: cum [[undique]] [[versum]] circumfluat, Gell. 12, 13, 20: [[utroque]] vorsum rectum est [[ingenium]] [[meum]], Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 8.!*? Versus is said by [[many]] lexicons to be also a prep., [[but]] no [[ancient]] [[authority]] can be [[safely]] cited for this [[use]]. The true readings are: in Italiam [[versus]], Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1: [[adversus]] aedem, Liv. 8, 20, 8: in [[forum]] [[versus]], Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 121; and perh. in [[oppidum]], Auct. B. Hisp. 21. | |lshtext=<b>verto</b>: (vorto), ti, [[sum]], 3 (<br /><b>I</b> inf. vortier, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 48; Lucr. 1, 710; 2, 927; 5, 1199 al.), v. a. and n. Sanscr. [[root]] vart-, to [[apply]] one's [[self]], [[turn]]; cf. vart-ukas, [[round]].<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[turn]], to [[turn]] [[round]] or [[about]] (syn.: [[verso]], [[contorqueo]]).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: ([[luna]]) eam partem, quaecumque est ignibus aucta, Ad speciem vertit nobis, Lucr. 5, 724: speciem quo, id. 4, 242: ora huc et huc, Hor. Epod. 4, 9: terga, Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 6: gradu discedere [[verso]], id. M. 4, 338: [[verso]] pede, id. ib. 8, 869: pennas, i. e. to [[fly]] [[away]], Prop. 2, 24, 22 (3, 19, 6): cardinem, Ov. M. 14, 782: fores [[tacito]] cardine, Tib. 1, 6, 12: cadum, to [[turn]] or [[tip]] up, Hor. C. 3, 29, 2: versā [[pulvis]] inscribitur hastā, [[inverted]], Verg. A. 1, 478: verte hac te, puere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 29; cf.: verti me a Minturnis [[Arpinum]] [[versus]], Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1: cum haesisset descendenti (virgini) [[stola]], vertit se et recollegit, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9: [[ante]] tuos [[quotiens]] verti me, perfida, postes, Prop. 1, 16, 43: Pompeiani se verterunt et [[loco]] cesserunt, turned [[about]], [[wheeled]] [[about]], fled, Caes. B. C. 3, 51; cf.: vertere terga, to [[turn]] one's [[back]], [[run]] [[away]], betake one's [[self]] to [[flight]], id. B. G. 1, 53; 3, 21; id. B. C. 1, 47; 3, 63 fin.; Liv. 1, 14, 9; cf. also: hostem in fugam, to [[put]] to [[flight]], [[rout]], id. 30, 33, 16; Auct. B. Afr. 17: [[iter]] [[retro]], Liv. 28, 3, 1: [[hiems]] ([[piscis]]) ad hoc [[mare]], Hor. Epod. 2, 52: fenestrae in viam versae, turned or directed [[towards]], looking [[towards]], Liv. 1, 41, 4; cf.: [[mare]] ad occidentem [[versum]], id. 36, 15, 9: Scytharum [[gens]] ab oriente ad septentrionem se vertit, Curt. 7, 7, 3: ([[Maeander]]) [[nunc]] ad fontes, [[nunc]] in [[mare]] [[versus]], Ov. M. 8, 165: terram [[aratro]], to [[turn]] up or [[over]], to [[plough]], etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 28: ferro terram, Verg. G. 1, 147: glaebas (aratra), Ov. M. 1, 425; 5, 477: [[solum]] bidentibus, Col. 4, 5: agros bove, Prop. 3, 7, 43 (4, 6, 43): collem, Col. 3, 13, 8: freta lacertis (in [[rowing]]), Verg. A. 5, 141: ex illā pecuniā magnam partem ad se vortit, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57.—Mid.: vertier ad lapidem, to [[turn]] or [[incline]] one's [[self]] [[towards]], Lucr. 5, 1199: congressi ... ad caedem vertuntur, Liv. 1, 7, 2; so, versi in fugam hostes, Tac. H. 2, 26; cf.: Philippis versa [[acies]] [[retro]], Hor. C. 3, 4, 26: sinit hic violentis omnia verti Turbinibus, to [[whirl]] [[themselves]] [[about]], Lucr. 5, 503: [[magnus]] caeli si vortitur [[orbis]], id. 5, 510: vertitur [[interea]] [[caelum]], revolves, Verg. A. 2, 250: squamarum serie a caudā ad [[caput]] versā, reaching, Plin. 28, 8, 30, § 119.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen., to [[turn]]: ne ea, quae reipublicae [[causa]] egerit, in suam contumeliam vertat, Caes. B. C. 1, 8: in suam rem litem vertendo, Liv. 3, 72, 2: usum ejus (olei) ad luxuriam vertere [[Graeci]], Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19; cf.: aliquid in rem vertere, [[turn]] to [[account]], [[make]] [[profitable]], Dig. 15, 3, 1 sqq.: edocere, quo [[sese]] vertant sortes, Enn. Trag. v. 64 Vahl.; Verg. A. 1, 671: ne sibi [[vitio]] verterent, [[quod]] abesset a patriā, Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1: idque [[omen]] in Macedonum metum verterunt Tyrii, Curt. 4, 2, 13: in religionem vertentes [[comitia]] biennic habita, [[making]] a [[matter]] of [[religious]] [[scruple]], Liv. 5, 14, 2: aquarum insolita [[magnitudo]] in religionem versa, id. 30, 38, 10; cf. id. 26, 11, 3: id ipsum [[quod]] [[iter]] belli esset obstructum, in [[prodigium]] et [[omen]] imminentium cladium vertebatur, Tac. H. 1, 86 fin.: vertere in se Cotyi [[data]], to [[appropriate]], id. A. 2, 64: perii! [[quid]] agam? quo me vertam? Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 1: quo se verteret, non habebat, Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; id. Div. 2, 72, 149: [[Philippus]] [[totus]] in Persea [[versus]], inclined [[towards]] him, Liv. 40, 5, 9: toti in impetum [[atque]] iram versi, id. 25, 16, 19: si [[bellum]] omne eo vertat, id. 26, 12, 13: di vortant [[bene]], Quod agas, [[cause]] to [[turn]] [[out]] [[well]], [[prosper]], Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 121; cf. [[infra]], II. B.; so, in [[melius]] somnia, Tib. 3, 4, 95.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[turn]], i. e. to [[change]], [[alter]], [[transform]] (syn. [[muto]]): [[Juppiter]] In Amphitruonis vortit [[sese]] imaginem, Plaut. Am. prol. 121: in anginam ego [[nunc]] me velim vorti, id. Most. 1. 3, 61: omnes [[natura]] cibos in corpora viva Vertit, Lucr. 2, 880: vertunt se fluvii frondes et pabula [[laeta]] In pecudes; vertunt pecudes in corpora nostra Naturam, id. 2, 875 sq.; cf.: cum [[terra]] in aquam se vertit, Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31: verte [[omnis]] [[tete]] in [[facies]], Verg. A. 12, 891: ego, quae [[memet]] in omnia verti, id. ib. 7, 309: tot [[sese]] vertit in ora, id. ib. 7, 328: inque deum de bove [[versus]] erat, Ov. F. 5, 616: Auster in Africum se vertit, Caes. B. C. 3, 26 fin.; cf. Liv. 30, 24, 7: semina malorum in contrarias partes se vertere, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: omnia versa et mutata in pejorem partem, id. Rosc. Am. 36, 103: [[cur]] [[nunc]] tua [[quisquam]] Vertere jussa potest, Verg. A. 10, 35: hic continentiam et moderationem in superbiam ac lasciviam vertit, Curt. 6, 6, 1; cf.: [[fortuna]] hoc militiae [[probrum]] vertit in gloriam, id. 9, 10, 28: [[versus]] civitatis [[status]], Tac. A. 1, 4: versis ad prospera fatis, Ov. H. 16, 89: [[solum]], to [[change]] one's [[country]], i. e. to [[emigrate]] or go [[into]] [[exile]], Cic. Balb. 11, 28; Amm. 15, 3, 11 et saep.; v. [[solum]]. —With abl. ([[rare]] and [[poet]].): nullā [[tamen]] alite verti Dignatur, Ov. M. 10, 157; cf. [[muto]].—Prov.: in fumum et cinerem vertere, to [[turn]] [[into]] [[smoke]], [[dissipate]], Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39.—Mid.: omnia vertuntur: [[certe]] vertuntur amores, Prop. 2, 8, 7 (9): [[saevus]] apertam In rabiem coepit verti jocus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 149.—<br /> <b>b</b> To [[exchange]], [[interchange]]: nos divitem istum meminimus adque [[iste]] pauperes nos; vorterunt [[sese]] memoriae, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 11; cf.: vorsis gladiis depugnarier, id. Cas. 2, 5, 36.—<br /> <b>c</b> Of [[literary]] productions, to [[turn]] [[into]] [[another]] [[language]], to [[translate]] (syn.: [[transfero]], [[interpretor]], [[reddo]]): [[Philemo]] scripsit, [[Plautus]] vortit [[barbare]], Plaut. Trin. prol. 19: si sic verterem Platonem, ut verteruntnostri poëtae fabulas, Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7: verti [[etiam]] [[multa]] de Graecis, id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26: annales Acilianos ex Graeco in Latinum sermonem vertit, Liv. 25, 39, 12.—<br /> <b>d</b> To [[ply]]: stimulos sub pectore vertit [[Apollo]], i. e. stimulates the [[fury]], Verg. A. 6, 101.—<br /> <b>e</b> In partic., [[like]] [[our]] to [[turn]] upside [[down]], i. e. to [[overturn]], [[overthrow]], [[subvert]], [[destroy]] (= [[everto]]): [[Callicratidas]] cum [[multa]] fecisset [[egregie]], vertit ad extremum omnia, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84: agerent, verterent cuncta, Tac. H. 1, 2; id. A. 2, 42; 3, 36: Cycnum Vi multā, Ov. M. 12, 139: fluxas Phrygiae res [[fundo]], Verg. A. 10, 88; 1, 20; 2, 652: vertere ab imo [[moenia]] Trojae, id. ib. 5, 810: [[Ilion]] [[fatalis]] incestusque judex ... vertit in pulverem, Hor. C. 3, 3, 20: proceras fraxinos, id. ib. 3, 25, 16: ab imo regna, Sen. Hippol. 562: [[Penates]], id. [[Troad]]. 91: puppem, Luc. 3, 650: fortunas, Amm. 28, 3, 1.—<br /> <b>f</b> Mid., from the [[idea]] of [[turning]] [[round]] in a [[place]], to be [[engaged]] in, to be in a [[place]] or [[condition]]; also to [[turn]], [[rest]], or [[depend]] [[upon]] a [[thing]]: jam [[homo]] in mercaturā vortitur, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 109: res in periculo vortitur, id. Merc. 1, 2, 12; Phaedr. 2, 8, 19; so, res vertitur in majore discrimine, Liv. 6, 36, 7: [[ipse]] catervis Vertitur in mediis, Verg. A. 11, 683: omnia in unius potestate ac moderatione vertentur, Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 20; so, [[spes]] civitatis in dictatore, Liv. 4, 31, 4: totum id in voluntate [[Philippi]], id. 37, 7, 8: [[causa]] in jure, Cic. Brut. 39, 145: hic [[victoria]], Verg. A. 10, 529: cum [[circa]] hanc consultationem [[disceptatio]] [[omnis]] verteretur, Liv. 36, 7, 1: puncto [[saepe]] temporis maximarum rerum momenta verti, id. 3, 27, 7.—Impers.: vertebatur, [[utrum]] manerent in Achaico [[concilio]] Lacedaemonii, an, etc., Liv. 39, 48, 3.—<br /> To [[ascribe]], [[refer]]: quae fuerunt populis [[magis]] [[exitio]] [[quam]] [[fames]] morbique, quaeque [[alia]] in deum iras [[velut]] ultima malorum vertunt, Liv. 4, 9, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.: cum omnium secundorum adversorumque in deos verterent, id. 28, 11, 1.—<br /> = [[considero]]; exercitum majorum [[more]] vortere, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 408 dub. (Sall. H. inc. 51 Dietsch ad loc.).<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[turn]] one's [[self]], [[direct]] one's [[way]], to [[turn]] [[about]], to [[turn]].<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: depulsi aemulatione [[alio]] vertunt, Tac. A. 1, 18: eoque audaciae provectum ut verteret, etc., id. ib. 4, 10: [[utinam]] mea [[vocula]] dominae vertat in auriculas! Prop. 1, 16, 28: versuros [[extemplo]] in fugam omnes [[ratus]], Liv. 38, 26, 8 ([[but]] in Lucr. 5, 617 the [[correct]] [[read]]. is cancri se ut vortat).—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., to [[turn]], [[change]], etc.: jam verterat [[fortuna]], Liv. 5, 49, 5: libertatem aliorum in suam vertisse servitutem conquerebantur, id. 2, 3, 3: totae solidam in glaciem vertere lacunae, Verg. G. 3, 365: verterat [[pernicies]] in accusatorem, Tac. A. 11, 37: [[quod]] si esset [[factum]], [[detrimentum]] in [[bonum]] verteret, Caes. B. C. 3, 73 fin.: ea [[ludificatio]] veri in [[verum]] vertit, Liv. 26, 6, 16: talia incepta, ni in consultorem vertissent, reipublicae pestem [[factura]], [[against]], Sall. H. inc. 89 Dietsch: [[neque]] inmerito suum ipsorum [[exemplum]] in eos versurum, Liv. 7, 38, 6: si [[malus]] est, [[male]] res vortunt, quas agit, [[turn]] [[out]] [[badly]], Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 5; so, quae res [[tibi]] vertat [[male]], Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 37: [[quod]] [[bene]] vertat, [[castra]] Albanos Romanis castris jungere jubet (= cum bonis omnibus), Liv. 1, 28, 1; 3, 62, 5; 3, 35, 8: [[quod]] [[bene]] verteret, Curt. 5, 4, 12; 7, 11, 14: hos [[illi]] ([[quod]] nec vertat [[bene]]), mittimus haedos, Verg. E. 9, 6.—<br /> <b>b</b> Annus, [[mensis]] vertens, the [[course]] or [[space]] of a [[year]], of a [[month]]: [[anno]] vertente [[sine]] controversiā (petisses), Cic. Quint. 12, 40; so, [[anno]] vertente, id. N. D. 2, 20, 53; Nep. Ages. 4, 4; cf.: apparuisse [[numen]] deorum [[intra]] finem anni vertentis, Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 22: tu si hanc emeris, Numquam [[hercle]] hunc mensem vortentem, [[credo]], servibit [[tibi]], Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76; Macr. S. 1, 14.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Pregn.: [[annus]] vertens, the [[great]] [[year]] or [[cycle]] of the [[celestial]] bodies (a [[space]] of 15,000 solar years), Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24.—Hence, ver-sus (vors-), or ([[much]] [[less]] freq.) ver-[[sum]] (vors-), adv., turned in the [[direction]] of, [[towards]] a [[thing]]; usu. [[after]] the [[name]] of a [[place]] to [[which]] [[motion]] is directed (orig. a [[part]]., turned [[towards]], [[facing]], etc., and so [[always]] in Livy; cf. Liv. 1, 18, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; 1, 41, 4; 9, 2, 15).<br /> <b>A</b> Form [[versus]] (vors-).<br /> <b>1</b> After ad and acc.: T. Labienum ad Oceanum [[versus]] ... proficisci jubet, Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ad [[Alpes]] [[versus]], Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2: ad Cercinam insulam [[versus]], Auct. B. Afr. 8, 3: ad Cordubam [[versus]], Auct. B. Hisp. 11: [[modo]] ad Urbem, [[modo]] in Galliam [[versus]], Sall. C. 56, 4. —<br /> <b>2</b> After in and acc.: in agrum [[versus]], Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10: in [[forum]] [[versus]], Cic. Lael. 25, 96: in Arvernos [[versus]], Caes. B. G. 7, 8: si in urbem [[versus]] venturi erunt, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 78 (82), 3.—<br /> <b>3</b> After acc. [[alone]] ([[class]]. [[only]] [[with]] names of towns and [[small]] islands): verti me a Minturnis [[Arpinum]] [[versus]], Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1: [[Brundisium]] [[versus]], id. Fam. 11, 27, 3: Ambraciam [[versus]], Caes. B. C. 3, 36: Massiliam [[versus]], id. ib. 2, 3: Narbonem [[versus]], id. B. G. 7, 7.—<br /> <b>4</b> After [[other]] advv.: [[deorsum]] [[versus]], [[Cato]], R. R. 156, 4: [[sursum]] [[versus]], Cic. Or. 39, 135: dimittit [[quoquo]] [[versus]] legationes, Caes. B. G. 7, 4: ut quaedam vocabula [[utroque]] [[versus]] dicantur, Gell. 5, 12, 10; cf. the adverbs [[deorsum]], [[sursum]], etc.—<br /> <b>B</b> Form [[versum]] (vors-).<br /> <b>1</b> After ad and acc.: animadvertit fugam ad se [[versum]] fieri, Sall. J. 58, 4.—<br /> <b>2</b> After [[other]] advv.: cunas rursum vorsum trahere, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 60 (63): lumbis [[deorsum]] [[versum]] pressis, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5: vineam [[sursum]] vorsum [[semper]] ducito, [[Cato]], R. R. 33, 1: cum [[undique]] [[versum]] circumfluat, Gell. 12, 13, 20: [[utroque]] vorsum rectum est [[ingenium]] [[meum]], Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 8.!*? Versus is said by [[many]] lexicons to be also a prep., [[but]] no [[ancient]] [[authority]] can be [[safely]] cited for this [[use]]. The true readings are: in Italiam [[versus]], Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1: [[adversus]] aedem, Liv. 8, 20, 8: in [[forum]] [[versus]], Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 121; and perh. in [[oppidum]], Auct. B. Hisp. 21. | ||
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|gf=<b>vertō</b>⁶ <b>(vortō)</b>, tī, sum, ĕre.<br /> <b>I</b> tr.,<br /><b>1</b> tourner, faire tourner : [[ora]] [[huc]] et [[huc]] Hor. Epo. 4, 9, faire tourner les visages ici et là ; manum [[non]] vertere Cic. Fin. 5, 93, ne pas tourner la main = ne pas se donner de la peine ; [mét.] pecuniam ad se vertere Cic. Cæcil. 57, faire tourner l’argent de son côté, le faire venir à soi, le détourner à son profit || retourner : stilum in tabulis [[suis]] Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 101, retourner son style [pour effacer] sur ses tablettes ; ferro terram Virg. G. 1, 147, retourner la terre avec le [[fer]], cf. Hor. S. 1, 1, 28 || se vertere Cæs. C. 3, 51, 2, et surtout terga vertere Cæs. G. 1, 53, etc., se retourner, tourner le [[dos]], prendre la fuite ; hostem in fugam vertere Liv. 30, 33, 16, mettre l’ennemi en fuite ; [[iter]] [[retro]] Liv. 28, 3, 1, rebrousser chemin<br /><b>2</b> [pass. à sens réfléchi] se tourner : ad lapidem verti Lucr. 5, 1199, se tourner vers une pierre ; ad cædem Liv. 1, 7, 2, se tourner vers le meurtre, en venir au meurtre || tourner : vertitur cælum Virg. En. 2, 250, le ciel tourne, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 97 ; Lucr. 5, 510 ; [fig.] vertetur [[orbis]] Cic. Rep. 2, 45, le cercle tournera = il y [[aura]] une révolution [politique]<br /><b>3</b> retourner, tourner sens dessus dessous, renverser : proceras fraxinos Hor. O. 3, 25, 16, renverser les frênes altiers ; ab [[imo]] mœnia Trojæ Virg. En. 5, 810, renverser de fond en comble les murs de Troie ; [fig.] cuncta Tac. H. 1, 2, renverser, bouleverser tout, cf. Tac. Ann. 2, 42 ; 3, 36 || aliquem Ov. M. 12, 139, terrasser qqn<br /><b>4</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> tourner dans tel, tel sens ; donner telle, telle direction : di [[bene]] vortant [[quod]] agas Ter. Phorm. 552, que les dieux donnent une heureuse issue à ton entreprise, cf. Pl. Aul. 175, etc. || [[aliquid]] in contumeliam alicujus Cæs. C. 1, 8, faire tourner qqch. à la honte de qqn ; [[aliquid]] in religionem Liv. 5, 14, 2, faire de qqch. une question religieuse || [avec deux dat.] alicui [[aliquid]] [[vitio]] Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1, faire à qqn une tare, un crime de qqch. || [[quo]] se verteret, [[non]] habebat Cic. Phil. 2, 73, il ne savait où se tourner = quel [[parti]] prendre, cf. Cic. Div. 2, 149 ; [[quo]] me vortam ? Ter. Hec. 516, où me tourner ? [[totus]] in [[Persea]] [[versus]] Liv. 40, 5, 9, tout dévoué à Persée ; [[summa]] curæ in Bostarem versa erat Liv. 26, 12, 10, la direction des affaires était retombée sur [[Bostar]] ; <b> b)</b> changer, convertir, transformer : in Amphitruonis vortit [[sese]] imaginem Pl. Amph. 121, il prend la figure d’Amphitryon ; [[terra]] in aquam se vertit Cic. Nat. 3, 31, la terre se change en eau ; Auster in Africum se vertit Cæs. C. 3, 26, l’Auster fait place à l’[[Africus]] ; vides versa [[esse]] [[omnia]] Cic. Amer. 61, tu vois que tout [[est]] retourné || [[solum]] vertere, émigrer, v. [[solum]] || [pass. à sens réfl.] : in rabiem cœpit verti [[jocus]] Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 149, la plaisanterie commença à se changer en rage ; [poét.] formam vertitur oris Virg. En. 9, 646, il se change le visage ; <b> c)</b> faire [[passer]] d’une langue dans une autre, traduire : Platonem Cic. Fin. 1, 7, traduire [[Platon]] ; ex Græco [[aliquid]] in Latinum sermonem Liv. 25, 39, 12, traduire qqch. du grec en latin ; [[multa]] de Græcis Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, traduire beaucoup du grec : ut e Græco vertam Cic. Ac. 1, 26, pour traduire le mot grec ; <b> d)</b> [passif à sens réfléchi] se dérouler : Brundisii omne [[certamen]] vertitur Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1, toute la lutte se déroule à Brindes, cf. Liv. 30, 3, 1 || in [[aliqua]] re verti, rouler sur un sujet : in [[jure]] [[causa]] vertebatur Cic. Br. 145, la cause roulait sur un point de droit, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 133 || [[omnia]] in [[unius]] potestate vertentur Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 20, tout reposera sur le (dépendra du) pouvoir d’un seul ; [[spes]] civitatis in dictatore vertitur Liv. 4, 31, 4, tout l’espoir de la cité repose sur un dictateur ; in eo vertitur puellæ [[salus]], si Liv. 3, 46, 6, le salut de la jeune fille dépend de [[cette]] condition que..., cf. Liv. 35, 18, 8 ; 41, 23, 5 || [impers<sup>t</sup>] vertebatur [[utrum]]... an *Liv. 39, 48, 3, la question s’agitait de savoir si... ou si ; <b> e)</b> attribuer à, faire remonter à : omnium secundorum adversorumque causas in deos vertere Liv. 28, 11, 1, faire remonter aux dieux la cause de tous les événements, bons et mauvais.<br /> <b>II</b> intr.,<br /><b>1</b> se tourner, se diriger : in fugam vertere Liv. 38, 26, 8, se mettre à fuir, prendre la fuite || [fig.] verterat [[pernicies]] in accusatorem Tac. Ann. 11, 37, la perte se tournait contre l’accusateur, l’accusateur se perdait lui-même ; [[alio]] vertunt Tac. Ann. 1, 18, ils prennent un autre [[parti]]<br /><b>2</b> tourner, avoir telle, telle suite : quæ [[res]] [[bene]] vortat [[mihi]] Pl. Capt. 361, et puisse l’affaire bien tourner pour moi, cf. Pl. Capt. 662 ; [[quod]] [[bene]] vertat, [[castra]] Albanos Romanis castris jungere jubet Liv. 1, 28, 1, avec le souhait que (en souhaitant que) l’affaire ait une heureuse issue, il ordonne aux Albains de réunir leur camp à celui des Romains, cf. Liv. 3, 26, 9 ; 3, 35, 8 ; 7, 39, 13, etc. || [[detrimentum]] in [[bonum]] verteret Cæs. C. 3, 73, 6, le mal deviendrait un bien, cf. Liv. 2, 3, 3 ; 26, 6, 76<br /><b>3</b> tourner, changer : [[jam]] verterat [[fortuna]] Liv. 5, 49, 5, déjà la fortune avait tourné ; eo audaciæ provectum, ut verteret Tac. Ann. 4, 10, venir à ce point d’audace de changer, de prendre le contre-pied, d’intervertir les rôles || se changer : totæ solidam in glaciem vertere lacunæ Virg. G. 3, 365, des lacs entiers se sont transformés (se transforment) en un bloc de glace<br /><b>4</b> part. prés. vertens, se déroulant [fig.] : [[anno]] vertente Cic. Quinct. 40 ; Nat. 2, 53 ; Nep. Ages. 4, 4, pendant que l’année se déroule, au cours de l’année [ou] d’une année || [[annus]] vertens Cic. Rep. 6, 24, la [[grande]] année astronomique, la [[grande]] révolution du monde. | |||
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verto: (vorto), ti, sum, 3 (
I inf. vortier, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 48; Lucr. 1, 710; 2, 927; 5, 1199 al.), v. a. and n. Sanscr. root vart-, to apply one's self, turn; cf. vart-ukas, round.
I Act., to turn, to turn round or about (syn.: verso, contorqueo).
A Lit.: (luna) eam partem, quaecumque est ignibus aucta, Ad speciem vertit nobis, Lucr. 5, 724: speciem quo, id. 4, 242: ora huc et huc, Hor. Epod. 4, 9: terga, Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 6: gradu discedere verso, id. M. 4, 338: verso pede, id. ib. 8, 869: pennas, i. e. to fly away, Prop. 2, 24, 22 (3, 19, 6): cardinem, Ov. M. 14, 782: fores tacito cardine, Tib. 1, 6, 12: cadum, to turn or tip up, Hor. C. 3, 29, 2: versā pulvis inscribitur hastā, inverted, Verg. A. 1, 478: verte hac te, puere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 29; cf.: verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus, Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1: cum haesisset descendenti (virgini) stola, vertit se et recollegit, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9: ante tuos quotiens verti me, perfida, postes, Prop. 1, 16, 43: Pompeiani se verterunt et loco cesserunt, turned about, wheeled about, fled, Caes. B. C. 3, 51; cf.: vertere terga, to turn one's back, run away, betake one's self to flight, id. B. G. 1, 53; 3, 21; id. B. C. 1, 47; 3, 63 fin.; Liv. 1, 14, 9; cf. also: hostem in fugam, to put to flight, rout, id. 30, 33, 16; Auct. B. Afr. 17: iter retro, Liv. 28, 3, 1: hiems (piscis) ad hoc mare, Hor. Epod. 2, 52: fenestrae in viam versae, turned or directed towards, looking towards, Liv. 1, 41, 4; cf.: mare ad occidentem versum, id. 36, 15, 9: Scytharum gens ab oriente ad septentrionem se vertit, Curt. 7, 7, 3: (Maeander) nunc ad fontes, nunc in mare versus, Ov. M. 8, 165: terram aratro, to turn up or over, to plough, etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 28: ferro terram, Verg. G. 1, 147: glaebas (aratra), Ov. M. 1, 425; 5, 477: solum bidentibus, Col. 4, 5: agros bove, Prop. 3, 7, 43 (4, 6, 43): collem, Col. 3, 13, 8: freta lacertis (in rowing), Verg. A. 5, 141: ex illā pecuniā magnam partem ad se vortit, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57.—Mid.: vertier ad lapidem, to turn or incline one's self towards, Lucr. 5, 1199: congressi ... ad caedem vertuntur, Liv. 1, 7, 2; so, versi in fugam hostes, Tac. H. 2, 26; cf.: Philippis versa acies retro, Hor. C. 3, 4, 26: sinit hic violentis omnia verti Turbinibus, to whirl themselves about, Lucr. 5, 503: magnus caeli si vortitur orbis, id. 5, 510: vertitur interea caelum, revolves, Verg. A. 2, 250: squamarum serie a caudā ad caput versā, reaching, Plin. 28, 8, 30, § 119.—
B Trop.
1 In gen., to turn: ne ea, quae reipublicae causa egerit, in suam contumeliam vertat, Caes. B. C. 1, 8: in suam rem litem vertendo, Liv. 3, 72, 2: usum ejus (olei) ad luxuriam vertere Graeci, Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19; cf.: aliquid in rem vertere, turn to account, make profitable, Dig. 15, 3, 1 sqq.: edocere, quo sese vertant sortes, Enn. Trag. v. 64 Vahl.; Verg. A. 1, 671: ne sibi vitio verterent, quod abesset a patriā, Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1: idque omen in Macedonum metum verterunt Tyrii, Curt. 4, 2, 13: in religionem vertentes comitia biennic habita, making a matter of religious scruple, Liv. 5, 14, 2: aquarum insolita magnitudo in religionem versa, id. 30, 38, 10; cf. id. 26, 11, 3: id ipsum quod iter belli esset obstructum, in prodigium et omen imminentium cladium vertebatur, Tac. H. 1, 86 fin.: vertere in se Cotyi data, to appropriate, id. A. 2, 64: perii! quid agam? quo me vertam? Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 1: quo se verteret, non habebat, Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; id. Div. 2, 72, 149: Philippus totus in Persea versus, inclined towards him, Liv. 40, 5, 9: toti in impetum atque iram versi, id. 25, 16, 19: si bellum omne eo vertat, id. 26, 12, 13: di vortant bene, Quod agas, cause to turn out well, prosper, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 121; cf. infra, II. B.; so, in melius somnia, Tib. 3, 4, 95.—
2 In partic.
a To turn, i. e. to change, alter, transform (syn. muto): Juppiter In Amphitruonis vortit sese imaginem, Plaut. Am. prol. 121: in anginam ego nunc me velim vorti, id. Most. 1. 3, 61: omnes natura cibos in corpora viva Vertit, Lucr. 2, 880: vertunt se fluvii frondes et pabula laeta In pecudes; vertunt pecudes in corpora nostra Naturam, id. 2, 875 sq.; cf.: cum terra in aquam se vertit, Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31: verte omnis tete in facies, Verg. A. 12, 891: ego, quae memet in omnia verti, id. ib. 7, 309: tot sese vertit in ora, id. ib. 7, 328: inque deum de bove versus erat, Ov. F. 5, 616: Auster in Africum se vertit, Caes. B. C. 3, 26 fin.; cf. Liv. 30, 24, 7: semina malorum in contrarias partes se vertere, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: omnia versa et mutata in pejorem partem, id. Rosc. Am. 36, 103: cur nunc tua quisquam Vertere jussa potest, Verg. A. 10, 35: hic continentiam et moderationem in superbiam ac lasciviam vertit, Curt. 6, 6, 1; cf.: fortuna hoc militiae probrum vertit in gloriam, id. 9, 10, 28: versus civitatis status, Tac. A. 1, 4: versis ad prospera fatis, Ov. H. 16, 89: solum, to change one's country, i. e. to emigrate or go into exile, Cic. Balb. 11, 28; Amm. 15, 3, 11 et saep.; v. solum. —With abl. (rare and poet.): nullā tamen alite verti Dignatur, Ov. M. 10, 157; cf. muto.—Prov.: in fumum et cinerem vertere, to turn into smoke, dissipate, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39.—Mid.: omnia vertuntur: certe vertuntur amores, Prop. 2, 8, 7 (9): saevus apertam In rabiem coepit verti jocus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 149.—
b To exchange, interchange: nos divitem istum meminimus adque iste pauperes nos; vorterunt sese memoriae, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 11; cf.: vorsis gladiis depugnarier, id. Cas. 2, 5, 36.—
c Of literary productions, to turn into another language, to translate (syn.: transfero, interpretor, reddo): Philemo scripsit, Plautus vortit barbare, Plaut. Trin. prol. 19: si sic verterem Platonem, ut verteruntnostri poëtae fabulas, Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7: verti etiam multa de Graecis, id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26: annales Acilianos ex Graeco in Latinum sermonem vertit, Liv. 25, 39, 12.—
d To ply: stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo, i. e. stimulates the fury, Verg. A. 6, 101.—
e In partic., like our to turn upside down, i. e. to overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy (= everto): Callicratidas cum multa fecisset egregie, vertit ad extremum omnia, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84: agerent, verterent cuncta, Tac. H. 1, 2; id. A. 2, 42; 3, 36: Cycnum Vi multā, Ov. M. 12, 139: fluxas Phrygiae res fundo, Verg. A. 10, 88; 1, 20; 2, 652: vertere ab imo moenia Trojae, id. ib. 5, 810: Ilion fatalis incestusque judex ... vertit in pulverem, Hor. C. 3, 3, 20: proceras fraxinos, id. ib. 3, 25, 16: ab imo regna, Sen. Hippol. 562: Penates, id. Troad. 91: puppem, Luc. 3, 650: fortunas, Amm. 28, 3, 1.—
f Mid., from the idea of turning round in a place, to be engaged in, to be in a place or condition; also to turn, rest, or depend upon a thing: jam homo in mercaturā vortitur, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 109: res in periculo vortitur, id. Merc. 1, 2, 12; Phaedr. 2, 8, 19; so, res vertitur in majore discrimine, Liv. 6, 36, 7: ipse catervis Vertitur in mediis, Verg. A. 11, 683: omnia in unius potestate ac moderatione vertentur, Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 20; so, spes civitatis in dictatore, Liv. 4, 31, 4: totum id in voluntate Philippi, id. 37, 7, 8: causa in jure, Cic. Brut. 39, 145: hic victoria, Verg. A. 10, 529: cum circa hanc consultationem disceptatio omnis verteretur, Liv. 36, 7, 1: puncto saepe temporis maximarum rerum momenta verti, id. 3, 27, 7.—Impers.: vertebatur, utrum manerent in Achaico concilio Lacedaemonii, an, etc., Liv. 39, 48, 3.—
To ascribe, refer: quae fuerunt populis magis exitio quam fames morbique, quaeque alia in deum iras velut ultima malorum vertunt, Liv. 4, 9, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.: cum omnium secundorum adversorumque in deos verterent, id. 28, 11, 1.—
= considero; exercitum majorum more vortere, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 408 dub. (Sall. H. inc. 51 Dietsch ad loc.).
II Neutr., to turn one's self, direct one's way, to turn about, to turn.
A Lit.: depulsi aemulatione alio vertunt, Tac. A. 1, 18: eoque audaciae provectum ut verteret, etc., id. ib. 4, 10: utinam mea vocula dominae vertat in auriculas! Prop. 1, 16, 28: versuros extemplo in fugam omnes ratus, Liv. 38, 26, 8 (but in Lucr. 5, 617 the correct read. is cancri se ut vortat).—
B Trop., to turn, change, etc.: jam verterat fortuna, Liv. 5, 49, 5: libertatem aliorum in suam vertisse servitutem conquerebantur, id. 2, 3, 3: totae solidam in glaciem vertere lacunae, Verg. G. 3, 365: verterat pernicies in accusatorem, Tac. A. 11, 37: quod si esset factum, detrimentum in bonum verteret, Caes. B. C. 3, 73 fin.: ea ludificatio veri in verum vertit, Liv. 26, 6, 16: talia incepta, ni in consultorem vertissent, reipublicae pestem factura, against, Sall. H. inc. 89 Dietsch: neque inmerito suum ipsorum exemplum in eos versurum, Liv. 7, 38, 6: si malus est, male res vortunt, quas agit, turn out badly, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 5; so, quae res tibi vertat male, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 37: quod bene vertat, castra Albanos Romanis castris jungere jubet (= cum bonis omnibus), Liv. 1, 28, 1; 3, 62, 5; 3, 35, 8: quod bene verteret, Curt. 5, 4, 12; 7, 11, 14: hos illi (quod nec vertat bene), mittimus haedos, Verg. E. 9, 6.—
b Annus, mensis vertens, the course or space of a year, of a month: anno vertente sine controversiā (petisses), Cic. Quint. 12, 40; so, anno vertente, id. N. D. 2, 20, 53; Nep. Ages. 4, 4; cf.: apparuisse numen deorum intra finem anni vertentis, Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 22: tu si hanc emeris, Numquam hercle hunc mensem vortentem, credo, servibit tibi, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76; Macr. S. 1, 14.—
(b) Pregn.: annus vertens, the great year or cycle of the celestial bodies (a space of 15,000 solar years), Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24.—Hence, ver-sus (vors-), or (much less freq.) ver-sum (vors-), adv., turned in the direction of, towards a thing; usu. after the name of a place to which motion is directed (orig. a part., turned towards, facing, etc., and so always in Livy; cf. Liv. 1, 18, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; 1, 41, 4; 9, 2, 15).
A Form versus (vors-).
1 After ad and acc.: T. Labienum ad Oceanum versus ... proficisci jubet, Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ad Alpes versus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2: ad Cercinam insulam versus, Auct. B. Afr. 8, 3: ad Cordubam versus, Auct. B. Hisp. 11: modo ad Urbem, modo in Galliam versus, Sall. C. 56, 4. —
2 After in and acc.: in agrum versus, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10: in forum versus, Cic. Lael. 25, 96: in Arvernos versus, Caes. B. G. 7, 8: si in urbem versus venturi erunt, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 78 (82), 3.—
3 After acc. alone (class. only with names of towns and small islands): verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus, Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1: Brundisium versus, id. Fam. 11, 27, 3: Ambraciam versus, Caes. B. C. 3, 36: Massiliam versus, id. ib. 2, 3: Narbonem versus, id. B. G. 7, 7.—
4 After other advv.: deorsum versus, Cato, R. R. 156, 4: sursum versus, Cic. Or. 39, 135: dimittit quoquo versus legationes, Caes. B. G. 7, 4: ut quaedam vocabula utroque versus dicantur, Gell. 5, 12, 10; cf. the adverbs deorsum, sursum, etc.—
B Form versum (vors-).
1 After ad and acc.: animadvertit fugam ad se versum fieri, Sall. J. 58, 4.—
2 After other advv.: cunas rursum vorsum trahere, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 60 (63): lumbis deorsum versum pressis, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5: vineam sursum vorsum semper ducito, Cato, R. R. 33, 1: cum undique versum circumfluat, Gell. 12, 13, 20: utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 8.!*? Versus is said by many lexicons to be also a prep., but no ancient authority can be safely cited for this use. The true readings are: in Italiam versus, Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1: adversus aedem, Liv. 8, 20, 8: in forum versus, Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 121; and perh. in oppidum, Auct. B. Hisp. 21.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vertō⁶ (vortō), tī, sum, ĕre.
I tr.,
1 tourner, faire tourner : ora huc et huc Hor. Epo. 4, 9, faire tourner les visages ici et là ; manum non vertere Cic. Fin. 5, 93, ne pas tourner la main = ne pas se donner de la peine ; [mét.] pecuniam ad se vertere Cic. Cæcil. 57, faire tourner l’argent de son côté, le faire venir à soi, le détourner à son profit || retourner : stilum in tabulis suis Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 101, retourner son style [pour effacer] sur ses tablettes ; ferro terram Virg. G. 1, 147, retourner la terre avec le fer, cf. Hor. S. 1, 1, 28 || se vertere Cæs. C. 3, 51, 2, et surtout terga vertere Cæs. G. 1, 53, etc., se retourner, tourner le dos, prendre la fuite ; hostem in fugam vertere Liv. 30, 33, 16, mettre l’ennemi en fuite ; iter retro Liv. 28, 3, 1, rebrousser chemin
2 [pass. à sens réfléchi] se tourner : ad lapidem verti Lucr. 5, 1199, se tourner vers une pierre ; ad cædem Liv. 1, 7, 2, se tourner vers le meurtre, en venir au meurtre || tourner : vertitur cælum Virg. En. 2, 250, le ciel tourne, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 97 ; Lucr. 5, 510 ; [fig.] vertetur orbis Cic. Rep. 2, 45, le cercle tournera = il y aura une révolution [politique]
3 retourner, tourner sens dessus dessous, renverser : proceras fraxinos Hor. O. 3, 25, 16, renverser les frênes altiers ; ab imo mœnia Trojæ Virg. En. 5, 810, renverser de fond en comble les murs de Troie ; [fig.] cuncta Tac. H. 1, 2, renverser, bouleverser tout, cf. Tac. Ann. 2, 42 ; 3, 36 || aliquem Ov. M. 12, 139, terrasser qqn
4 [fig.] a) tourner dans tel, tel sens ; donner telle, telle direction : di bene vortant quod agas Ter. Phorm. 552, que les dieux donnent une heureuse issue à ton entreprise, cf. Pl. Aul. 175, etc. || aliquid in contumeliam alicujus Cæs. C. 1, 8, faire tourner qqch. à la honte de qqn ; aliquid in religionem Liv. 5, 14, 2, faire de qqch. une question religieuse || [avec deux dat.] alicui aliquid vitio Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1, faire à qqn une tare, un crime de qqch. || quo se verteret, non habebat Cic. Phil. 2, 73, il ne savait où se tourner = quel parti prendre, cf. Cic. Div. 2, 149 ; quo me vortam ? Ter. Hec. 516, où me tourner ? totus in Persea versus Liv. 40, 5, 9, tout dévoué à Persée ; summa curæ in Bostarem versa erat Liv. 26, 12, 10, la direction des affaires était retombée sur Bostar ; b) changer, convertir, transformer : in Amphitruonis vortit sese imaginem Pl. Amph. 121, il prend la figure d’Amphitryon ; terra in aquam se vertit Cic. Nat. 3, 31, la terre se change en eau ; Auster in Africum se vertit Cæs. C. 3, 26, l’Auster fait place à l’Africus ; vides versa esse omnia Cic. Amer. 61, tu vois que tout est retourné || solum vertere, émigrer, v. solum || [pass. à sens réfl.] : in rabiem cœpit verti jocus Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 149, la plaisanterie commença à se changer en rage ; [poét.] formam vertitur oris Virg. En. 9, 646, il se change le visage ; c) faire passer d’une langue dans une autre, traduire : Platonem Cic. Fin. 1, 7, traduire Platon ; ex Græco aliquid in Latinum sermonem Liv. 25, 39, 12, traduire qqch. du grec en latin ; multa de Græcis Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, traduire beaucoup du grec : ut e Græco vertam Cic. Ac. 1, 26, pour traduire le mot grec ; d) [passif à sens réfléchi] se dérouler : Brundisii omne certamen vertitur Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1, toute la lutte se déroule à Brindes, cf. Liv. 30, 3, 1 || in aliqua re verti, rouler sur un sujet : in jure causa vertebatur Cic. Br. 145, la cause roulait sur un point de droit, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 133 || omnia in unius potestate vertentur Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 20, tout reposera sur le (dépendra du) pouvoir d’un seul ; spes civitatis in dictatore vertitur Liv. 4, 31, 4, tout l’espoir de la cité repose sur un dictateur ; in eo vertitur puellæ salus, si Liv. 3, 46, 6, le salut de la jeune fille dépend de cette condition que..., cf. Liv. 35, 18, 8 ; 41, 23, 5 || [imperst] vertebatur utrum... an *Liv. 39, 48, 3, la question s’agitait de savoir si... ou si ; e) attribuer à, faire remonter à : omnium secundorum adversorumque causas in deos vertere Liv. 28, 11, 1, faire remonter aux dieux la cause de tous les événements, bons et mauvais.
II intr.,
1 se tourner, se diriger : in fugam vertere Liv. 38, 26, 8, se mettre à fuir, prendre la fuite || [fig.] verterat pernicies in accusatorem Tac. Ann. 11, 37, la perte se tournait contre l’accusateur, l’accusateur se perdait lui-même ; alio vertunt Tac. Ann. 1, 18, ils prennent un autre parti
2 tourner, avoir telle, telle suite : quæ res bene vortat mihi Pl. Capt. 361, et puisse l’affaire bien tourner pour moi, cf. Pl. Capt. 662 ; quod bene vertat, castra Albanos Romanis castris jungere jubet Liv. 1, 28, 1, avec le souhait que (en souhaitant que) l’affaire ait une heureuse issue, il ordonne aux Albains de réunir leur camp à celui des Romains, cf. Liv. 3, 26, 9 ; 3, 35, 8 ; 7, 39, 13, etc. || detrimentum in bonum verteret Cæs. C. 3, 73, 6, le mal deviendrait un bien, cf. Liv. 2, 3, 3 ; 26, 6, 76
3 tourner, changer : jam verterat fortuna Liv. 5, 49, 5, déjà la fortune avait tourné ; eo audaciæ provectum, ut verteret Tac. Ann. 4, 10, venir à ce point d’audace de changer, de prendre le contre-pied, d’intervertir les rôles || se changer : totæ solidam in glaciem vertere lacunæ Virg. G. 3, 365, des lacs entiers se sont transformés (se transforment) en un bloc de glace
4 part. prés. vertens, se déroulant [fig.] : anno vertente Cic. Quinct. 40 ; Nat. 2, 53 ; Nep. Ages. 4, 4, pendant que l’année se déroule, au cours de l’année [ou] d’une année || annus vertens Cic. Rep. 6, 24, la grande année astronomique, la grande révolution du monde.
