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avertit

avertit is a Latin form of averto, meaning “turn away, avert; divert; drive off, rout”. It is the 3rd person singular present active indicative or 3rd person singular perfect active indicative.

Found 106 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.23.1: … on amplius milibus passuum XVIII aberat, rei frumentariae prospiciendum existimavit; itaque iter ab Helvetiis avertit ac Bibracte ire contendit.

Suetonius, Nero 52.1: Liberalis disciplinas omnis fere puer attigit. sed a philosophia eum mater auertit monens imperaturo contrariam esse; a cognitione ueterum oratorum Seneca praeceptor, quo diutius in admiration …

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.