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averteret

averteret is a Latin form of averto, meaning “turn away, avert; divert; drive off, rout”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active subjunctive.

Found 25 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.61: … actus idoneum locum fossas pedum XXX in latitudinem complures facere instituit, quibus partem aliquam Sicoris averteret vadumque in eo flumine efficeret. His paene effectis magnum in timorem Afranius Petrei usque perveniunt, ne o …

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum 111: … cognationem, affinitatem, praeterea foedus interuenisse; ad hoc metuere, ne fluxa fide usus popularium animos auerteret, quis et Iugurtha carus et Romani inuisi erant. Denique saepius fatigatus lenitur et ex voluntate Sullae omni …

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.