aversio
Ἢ μὴ ποίει τὸ κρυπτὸν ἢ μόνος ποίει → Aut occulendum nil patra, aut solus patra → Tu nichts Verborgnes oder tue es allein
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
āversĭo: ōnis, f. id..
I a turning away; only in the adverb. phrases,
A Ex aversione, from behind: illi de praesidio insecuti ex aversione legatos jugulārunt, Auct. B. Hisp. 22 Moeb.—
B In the Latin of the jurists: per aversionem or aversione emere, vendere, locare, etc., to buy, sell, etc., something, with a turning away, turned away, i. e. without accurate reckoning, in the gross, by the lot, Dig. 18, 6, 4; 18, 1, 62; 14, 2, 10; 19, 2, 36; 14, 1, 1 al.—
In rhet., a turning away, a figure by which the orator turns the attention of his hearers from the theme before them, a kind of apostrophe (e. g. Cic. Cael. 1; id. Rosc. Am. 49; Verg. A. 4, 425), Quint. 9, 2, 39; Aquil. Rom. 9, p. 102 Ruhnk. Frotsch.—
B Trop., aversion, loathing (post-class.): non metu mortis se patriam deserere, sed Deorum coactum aversione, Dictys, Bell. Troj. 4, 18: aversione stomachorum di laborant, Arn. 7, p. 231.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
āversĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (averto), action de détourner,
1 dans les loc. adverbiales seult : ex aversione B. Hisp. 22, 3, par derrière || aversione, per aversionem Dig. 18, 6, 4, etc. [vendre, louer, acheter] en bloc, à forfait, par arrangement loin des objets
2 fig. de rhét. par laquelle l’orateur détourne l’attention des auditeurs du sujet traité : Quint. 9, 2, 38
3 éloignement, dégoût : Arn. 7, 25.
