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avertere

avertere is a Latin form of averto, meaning “turn away, avert; divert; drive off, rout”. It is the 2nd person singular future passive indicative or 2nd person singular present passive imperative or 2nd person singular present passive indicative or present active infinitive.

Found 67 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.40.3: Hoc avertere loci natura prohibebat: in infimis enim sic radicibus montis ferebatur, ut nullam in partem depressis fossis derivari posset.

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum 89: Sed consul, uti statuerat, oppida castellaque munita adire, partim vi, alia metu aut praemia ostentando auertere ab hostibus. Ac primo mediocria gerebat, existimans Iugurtham ob suos tutandos in manus venturum. Sed ubi ill …

Lucan, Civil War 5.240: Avertere dei. Nullo nam Marte subactus,

All forms of averto (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.