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diversus

diversus is a Latin form of diverto, meaning “turn aside, go different ways; (diversus) different, opposite, separate”.

It can also be a form of divorto, “turn aside; (diversus) different, opposite, separate”. It is the perfect passive participle nominative singular masculine.

Found 25 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Aeneid 5.166: Quo diversus abis? iterum Pete saxa, Menoete!

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum 25: … quorum auctoritatem Romae pollere audiuerat, contra inceptum suum venisse, primo commotus metu atque libidine diuersus agitabatur: timebat iram senatus, ni paruisset legatis; porro animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapie …

Martial, Epigrammata 12.34.6: Diversus bicolorque digeratur,

All forms of diverto (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.