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  • 1 deverto

    dē-verto or dēvorto, ti, sum (in MSS. often confounded with diverto), 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    To turn away, turn aside any thing:

    comites suo hortatu,

    Luc. 6, 317:

    acies,

    id. 2, 470:

    ventura fata suo cursu,

    id. 6, 591; cf. Aur. Vict. Caes. 38.— Far more freq.,
    B.
    Pass. with mid. force, to turn one's self aside; and with esp. reference to the term. ad quem, to turn or betake one's self to any place; to turn in, put up at (in the latter sense esp. freq. in Plaut., whereas Cicero commonly uses the act. form; v. under no. II.).
    1.
    Prop.:

    si qui Cobiamacho (vico) deverterentur,

    Cic. Font. 5, 9:

    juvat ire jugis, qua nulla priorum Castaliam molli devertitur orbita clivo,

    Verg. G. 3, 293: deverti ad amicos suos, Cato ap. Fest. p. 234, 26 Müll.:

    devortitur apud suum paternum hospitem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 56:

    apud aliquem,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 85; so Liv. 42, 1, 10; cf.

    ib. § 7: ad me in hospitium maximum,

    id. Poen. 3, 3, 60; cf.

    in amici hospitium,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 146; id. Ps. 4, 2, 6:

    huc in tabernam,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 63:

    intro domum,

    id. Stich. 4, 1, 29; cf. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 82:

    in hortos in quibus devertebatur, pergunt,

    Tac. H. 3, 11.—
    2.
    Trop., to resort to, have recourse to (very rare):

    ad magicas artes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 425:

    meas ad artes,

    id. M. 9, 62.—
    II.
    Neutr. (i. q. no. I. B.), to turn or go aside from any place or any direction; to turn or go towards; to turn in, put up, lodge anywhere.
    1.
    Prop.:

    viā devertit,

    Liv. 44, 43: viā, Plin. [p. 566] Pan. 52 fin.:

    devertere ad cauponem, ad hospitem,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 9; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57:

    ad aliquem,

    id. Fin. 5, 2; id. Att. 10, 16 fin.:

    ad villam Philemonis,

    id. Fam. 7, 18, 3; cf.:

    ad se in Albanum,

    id. Mil. 19, 51:

    ad villam suam,

    id. ib.:

    in villam suam,

    id. Off. 2, 18 fin.:

    domum regis hospitis,

    id. Deiot. 6, 17:

    Massiliam,

    id. Phil. 13, 6; cf.

    Interamnam,

    Tac. H. 2, 64:

    Rhodum,

    Suet. Tib. 12 et saep.—With apud (late Lat.; cf. deversor): in pago apud familiares devertimus, Ap. M. 4 init.; cf. id. ib. 10, p. 238, 14.— Absol.:

    itineris causa ut deverterem,

    Cic. Att. 3, 7.—
    2.
    Trop. (very rare):

    sed redeamus illuc, unde devertimus,

    have digressed, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4; so Liv. 35, 40:

    in haec devertisse non fuerit alienum,

    Plin. 2, 7, 5 fin. (Sillig, divertisse).

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  • 2 devorto

    dē-verto or dēvorto, ti, sum (in MSS. often confounded with diverto), 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    To turn away, turn aside any thing:

    comites suo hortatu,

    Luc. 6, 317:

    acies,

    id. 2, 470:

    ventura fata suo cursu,

    id. 6, 591; cf. Aur. Vict. Caes. 38.— Far more freq.,
    B.
    Pass. with mid. force, to turn one's self aside; and with esp. reference to the term. ad quem, to turn or betake one's self to any place; to turn in, put up at (in the latter sense esp. freq. in Plaut., whereas Cicero commonly uses the act. form; v. under no. II.).
    1.
    Prop.:

    si qui Cobiamacho (vico) deverterentur,

    Cic. Font. 5, 9:

    juvat ire jugis, qua nulla priorum Castaliam molli devertitur orbita clivo,

    Verg. G. 3, 293: deverti ad amicos suos, Cato ap. Fest. p. 234, 26 Müll.:

    devortitur apud suum paternum hospitem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 56:

    apud aliquem,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 85; so Liv. 42, 1, 10; cf.

    ib. § 7: ad me in hospitium maximum,

    id. Poen. 3, 3, 60; cf.

    in amici hospitium,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 146; id. Ps. 4, 2, 6:

    huc in tabernam,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 63:

    intro domum,

    id. Stich. 4, 1, 29; cf. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 82:

    in hortos in quibus devertebatur, pergunt,

    Tac. H. 3, 11.—
    2.
    Trop., to resort to, have recourse to (very rare):

    ad magicas artes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 425:

    meas ad artes,

    id. M. 9, 62.—
    II.
    Neutr. (i. q. no. I. B.), to turn or go aside from any place or any direction; to turn or go towards; to turn in, put up, lodge anywhere.
    1.
    Prop.:

    viā devertit,

    Liv. 44, 43: viā, Plin. [p. 566] Pan. 52 fin.:

    devertere ad cauponem, ad hospitem,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 9; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57:

    ad aliquem,

    id. Fin. 5, 2; id. Att. 10, 16 fin.:

    ad villam Philemonis,

    id. Fam. 7, 18, 3; cf.:

    ad se in Albanum,

    id. Mil. 19, 51:

    ad villam suam,

    id. ib.:

    in villam suam,

    id. Off. 2, 18 fin.:

    domum regis hospitis,

    id. Deiot. 6, 17:

    Massiliam,

    id. Phil. 13, 6; cf.

    Interamnam,

    Tac. H. 2, 64:

    Rhodum,

    Suet. Tib. 12 et saep.—With apud (late Lat.; cf. deversor): in pago apud familiares devertimus, Ap. M. 4 init.; cf. id. ib. 10, p. 238, 14.— Absol.:

    itineris causa ut deverterem,

    Cic. Att. 3, 7.—
    2.
    Trop. (very rare):

    sed redeamus illuc, unde devertimus,

    have digressed, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4; so Liv. 35, 40:

    in haec devertisse non fuerit alienum,

    Plin. 2, 7, 5 fin. (Sillig, divertisse).

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  • 3 dēclīnō

        dēclīnō āvī, ātus, āre    [CLI-], to bend aside, turn away: ad dexteram de viā: si omnes atomi declinabunt (i. e. oblique ferentur): via ad mare declinans, L.— To deflect, turn away: agmen, L.: cursūs, O.— To avoid, evade, shun: urbem: ictum, L.— To lower, close, let sink: dulci lumina somno, V. — Fig., to turn aside, deviate, turn away, digress: de statu suo: a religione offici: aliquantulum a proposito: ut eo revocetur unde huc declinavit oratio: quantum in Italiam declinaverat belli, L.: paulatim amor, decreases, O.— To turn aside, cause to differ: mulier declinata ab aliarum ingenio, differing, T.— To turn off, ascribe: adversa in inscitiam Paeti, Ta. — To turn from, avoid, shun: (oratio) declinat impetum: laqueos iudici: vitia: societate culpae invidiam, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    declinare, declinavi, declinatus V TRANS
    decline/conjugate/inflect (in the same manner/like); change word form, modify
    II
    declinare, declinavi, declinatus V
    deflect/divert/turnaside/swerve/change direction/deviate/dodge; digress/diverge; avoid/stray; vary/be different; bend/sink down, subside/decline; lower/descend

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  • 4 declino

    dē-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [CLINO = klinô], orig. to bend from the straight path; to turn aside or away (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    a.
    Act.:

    ego modo declinavi paullum me extra viam,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 11; cf.:

    sese rectā regione viai,

    Lucr. 2, 250; and: se a terris omnia numina, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70:

    lumina, Catull. 64, 91: agmen,

    Liv. 1, 28; 36, 23:

    nares in alteram partem,

    Cels. 8, 5.— Poet. of the eyes, to bend down, i. e. to lower, close them in sleep: nec dulci declinat lumina somno, * Verg. A. 4, 185.—
    b.
    Neutr.:

    paulum ad dexteram de via declinavi, ut ad Pericli sepulcrum accederem,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5; id. Att. 14, 17, 2; Liv. 38, 20, 8.—So of the oblique motion of atoms (corresp. with oblique ferri): si omnes atomi declinabunt, nullae umquam cohaerescent;

    sive aliae declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19 sq.; cf. id. Fat. 9, 18 (preceded by cur Epicurus atomos de via deducat):

    quae nova causa in natura est, qua declinet atomus? 20, 46 (the reading quae declinet atomum is wrong),

    id. N. D. 1, 25.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.
    a.
    Act., to turn aside: neque (mulierem) declinatam quicquam ab aliarum ingenio ullam reperias, who has departed, deviated, * Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 3; cf.:

    quaedam verborum flgurae paulum figuris sententiarum declinantur,

    Quint. 9, 3, 88; id. 10, 3, 33:

    neque spe, neque metu declinatus animus,

    id. 12, 1, 16:

    Cato literas Graecas aetate jam declinata didicit,

    in the decline of life, id. 12, 11, 23. —
    b.
    Neutr., to turn aside, deviate, turn away:

    de via,

    Cic. Lael. 17; cf.:

    de statu suo,

    id. Clu. 38, 106:

    a religione officii,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 1:

    a malis (opp. appetere bona),

    id. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

    a parvis delictis diligentius,

    id. Off. 1, 40 fin.:

    aliquantulum a proposito,

    id. Or. 40, 138:

    a recto itinere (oratio),

    Quint. 4, 3, 14 al.:

    gemma paulum declinans a topazio in aurum,

    passing, Plin. 37, 8, 34, § 113:

    ut eo revocetur unde huc declinavit oratio,

    digressed, Cic. de Or. 2, 38; cf. id. Leg. 1, 21 fin.:

    quantum in Italiam declinaverat belli,

    Liv. 28, 1:

    in asperam Pholoen,

    Hor. Od. 1, 33, 7:

    in pejus,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    ad discendum jus,

    Quint. 12, 3, 9; cf. id. 7, 2, 30.— Absol.:

    declinasse me paululum et praesentes fluctus fugisse,

    Cic. Sest. 34:

    paulatim amor,

    decreases, Ov. M. 9, 460:

    dies coeperat declinare,

    Vulg. Luc. 9, 12. —
    B.
    In partic. grammat. t. t., to vary, inflect a part of speech.
    1.
    In the older grammarians, of every kind of inflection (declension, conjugation, comparison, derivation, etc.), Varr. L. L. 8, § 2 sq.; 10, § 11 sq.; cf. also Quint. 1, 4, 22; 1, 5, 63 al. —
    2.
    In the later grammarians, to decline, in the strict sense, Charis, p. 8 sq. et al. —
    C.
    Transf., with an object denoting that from which one turns aside; to avoid, to shun (classical, most freq. in Cic.);

    nec satis recte (oratio) declinat impetum, nisi etiam in cedendo quid deceat intellegit,

    Cic. Or. 68, 228; cf.

    , corresp. with vitare,

    id. Att. 8, 11, D. fin.; and:

    ictum,

    Liv. 42, 63, 4:

    urbem,

    Cic. Planc. 41:

    laqueos judicii,

    id. Mil. 15, 40:

    appetuntur quae secundum naturam sunt, declinantur contraria,

    id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

    vitia,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

    ea quae nocitura videantur,

    id. ib. 1, 4; cf. Tac. A. 13, 4:

    invidiam,

    id. H. 4, 41 fin.; Suet. Caes. 4:

    impudicitiam uxoris,

    Tac. A. 6, 51:

    oppida ut busta,

    Amm. 16, 2, 12.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > declino

  • 5 deflecto

    dē-flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to bend downwards or aside, to turn aside or in another direction.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ramum olivae,

    Col. 5, 11, 14; cf.:

    palmitem,

    id. 4, 26, 3; Catull. 62, 51; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 204:

    tela (Venus),

    Verg. A. 10, 331:

    amnis in alium cursum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 19 fin.: cursum ad Romanos. Liv. 10, 27:

    vultum ab aliqua re ad aliquid,

    Val. Max. 5, 10, 1:

    carinam quolibet,

    Luc. 5, 789; cf.:

    rapidum iter,

    id. 3, 337;

    novam viam,

    to turn off, construct in another direction, Liv. 39, 27 fin. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen.:

    lumina,

    Ov. M. 7, 789; cf.:

    oculos a cura,

    Val. Fl. 8, 76:

    cum ipsos principes aliqua pravitas de via deflexit,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 44:

    aliquem ab institutis studiis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 91:

    ut declinet a proposito deflectatque sententiam,

    Cic. Or. 40:

    si ad verba rem deflectere velimus,

    id. Caecin. 18, 51:

    quaedam in senectute deflexit (for which, shortly before, mutavit), Cels. praef.: in ipsos factum deflectitur,

    Quint. 7, 2, 23:

    adversarios in suam utilitatem deflectere,

    id. 4, 1, 71; cf.:

    dotes puellae in pejus,

    Ov. R. Am. 325:

    tragoediam in obscenos risus,

    id. Tr. 2, 409:

    perniciosa consilia fortuna deflexit in melius,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 8, 1:

    virtutes in vitia,

    Suet. Dom. 3:

    se de curriculo petitionis,

    to withdraw, id. Mur. 22 fin. —
    2.
    Esp. (late Lat.), gramm. t. t., to inflect, to vary the form of a word:

    non solet sic deflecti,

    August. in Psa. 140, 25.—
    II.
    Neutr., to turn off, turn aside.
    A.
    Lit.:

    vulgus militum deflectere viā,

    Tac. H. 2, 70; cf.

    without via,

    Suet. Aug. 93 fin.:

    in Tuscos,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 3.—
    B.
    Trop. (freq., but almost exclusively in Cicero):

    deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum,

    Cic. Lael. 12; so,

    de via (consuetudo),

    id. Off. 2, 3, 9:

    de recta regione,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 68:

    a veritate,

    id. Rosc. Com. 16:

    oratio redeat illuc unde deflexit,

    id. Tusc. 5, 28, 80:

    a Domino,

    Vulg. Sirach 36, 28; 2, 7.

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  • 6 flecto

    flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n. [root in Gr. pholkos, bandy-legged; phalkês, the bent rib of a ship; L. falx; falco, so called from the curve of its claws or beak; cf. Germ. Falke; Engl. falcon].
    I.
    Act., to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round (freq. and class.; syn.: plecto, plico, curvo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    animal omne membra quocumque vult, flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    ora retro,

    Ov. M. 3, 188:

    vultus ad illum,

    id. ib. 4, 265;

    10, 236: lumina a gurgite in nullam partem,

    id. ib. 8, 367:

    geminas acies huc,

    to turn, direct, Verg. A. 6, 789; cf.

    oculos,

    id. ib. 8, 698:

    equos brevi moderari ac flectere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

    equum,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 25:

    currum de foro in Capitolium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 77:

    plaustrum,

    Ov. M. 10, 447: navem, Auct. B. Alex. 64 fin.:

    habenas,

    Ov. M. 2, 169:

    cursus in orbem,

    id. ib. 6, 225; cf.:

    cursus in laevum,

    id. Tr. 1, 10, 17:

    iter ad Privernum,

    Liv. 8, 19, 13 Drak. N. cr.:

    iter Demetriadem,

    id. 35, 31, 3:

    tu (Bacche) flectis amnes, tu mare barbarum,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 17:

    arcus,

    to bend, Ov. M. 4, 303; cf.:

    flexos incurvant viribus arcus,

    Verg. A. 5, 500:

    flexum genu,

    Ov. M. 4, 340:

    artus,

    Liv. 21, 58, 9:

    flexi crines,

    curled, Mart. 3, 63, 3; 10, 65, 6; Juv. 6, 493:

    flexum mare,

    i.e. a bay, Tac. A. 14, 4:

    flexi fractique motus,

    contorted, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35:

    hinc (silva) se flectit sinistrorsus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 3.—Mid.: quasi amnis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur, Naev. ap. Non. 191, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 42 Rib.):

    (milvus) flectitur in gyrum,

    wheels, Ov. M. 2, 718:

    modo flector in anguem,

    I bend, wind myself into a snake, id. ib. 8, 883:

    sol ab ea (Cancri) meta incipit flecti,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264: Euphrates ad meridiem flectitur, id. 6, 26, 30, § 125.—
    2.
    In partic., naut. t. t., to go round or double a promontory:

    cum in flectendis promontoriis ventorum mutationes maximas saepe sentiant,

    Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94:

    Leucaten flectere molestum videbatur,

    id. Att. 5, 9, 1.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to bend, turn, direct:

    ducere multimodis voces et flectere cantus,

    Lucr. 5, 1406:

    vocem,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 25:

    qui teneros et rudes cum acceperunt, inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; cf.:

    imbecillitatem animorum torquere et flectere,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 29:

    suam naturam huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

    id. Cael. 6, 13:

    vitam flectere fingereque,

    id. Sull. 28, 79:

    mentes suas ad nostrum imperium nomenque,

    id. Balb. 17, 39:

    aliquem a proposito,

    Liv. 28, 22, 11:

    scribentis animum a vero,

    id. 1 praef. 5:

    animus ab aliqua opinione flectendus,

    Quint. 4, 2, 80:

    animos ad publica carmina,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 23: quo vobis mentes... dementes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 209 ed. Vahl.):

    est viri et ducis oblata casu flectere ad consilium,

    Liv. 28, 44, 8:

    juvenis cereus in vitium flecti,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    quod procul a nobis flectat Fortuna gubernans,

    turn aside, avert, Lucr. 5, 108.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To bend (in opinion or in will), to move, persuade, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease (cf.:

    moveo, afficio): quibus rebus ita flectebar animo atque frangebar, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Sull. 6, 18:

    sed quid te oratione flectam?... qua re flecte te, quaeso,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 35: facile Achivos flexeris, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 ed. Vahl.):

    judices,

    Quint. 6, 1, 9:

    flectere mollibus jam durum imperiis,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6:

    precibus si flecteris ullis,

    Verg. A. 2, 689:

    flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo,

    id. ib. 7, 312; cf.:

    nisi dii immortales suo numine prope fata ipsa flexissent,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

    desine fata deum flecti sperare precando,

    Verg. A. 6, 376:

    animos commutare atque omni ratione flectere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 52 fin.:

    ingenium alicujus aversum,

    Sall. J. 102, 3:

    si quem a proposito spes mollitiave animi flexisset,

    divert, dissuade, Liv. 28, 22, 11: dictis nostris sententia flexa est, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 264 ed. Vahl.):

    si flectitur ira deorum,

    Ov. M. 1, 378: cf. id. Tr. 3, 5, 41:

    hortaturque simul flectitque labores,

    soothes, Stat. S. 5, 1, 119:

    ad deditionem primos,

    Liv. 5, 43, 1.—Mid.:

    plurimum valet miseratio, quae judicem flecti non tantum cogit, sed, etc.,

    to let himself be moved, Quint. 6, 1, 23:

    flexi in misericordiam,

    Amm. 12, 27.—
    b.
    (Acc. to I. A. 2.) To turn aside from, to avoid a thing:

    ut eam (viam) flectas, te rogo,

    Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2 (but B. and K. ex conj. C. F. Hermann read ira, v. a. sup.); cf.:

    flexit viam,

    Liv. 1, 60, 1:

    dolo a se flexos imputavit civilis,

    Tac. H. 5, 24.—
    c.
    To refer to or apply to any one:

    versus qui in Tiberium flecterentur,

    Tac. A. 6, 29:

    Augustus quaedam ex horrida illa antiquitate ad praesentem usum flexisset,

    id. ib. 4, 16.—
    d.
    In grammar.
    (α).
    To form a word from another language:

    verba derivare, flectere, conjungere,

    Quint. 8, 3, 36:

    hoc vocabulum (pollex) de Graeco flexum est,

    Gell. 4, 3 fin. —
    (β).
    To decline, conjugate, inflect, Varr. L. L. 10, 2, 29 al.—
    (γ).
    Flectere syllabam, to mark with the circumflex accent, and hence, to lengthen, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.
    II.
    Neutr., to turn, go, or march in any direction (post-Aug.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    cum procul hos laevo flectentes limite cernunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 372:

    ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles,

    Liv. 3, 8, 6;

    Hasdrubal ad Oceanum flectit,

    id. 28, 16, 3:

    inde Vitellius Cremonam flexit,

    Tac. H. 2, 70:

    in Capitolium,

    Suet. Tib. 20.—
    B.
    Trop., of thought or speech, to turn in any direction:

    ad providentiam sapientiamque,

    Tac. A. 13, 3:

    in ambitionem,

    id. ib. 4, 37:

    a veneratione Augusti orsus flexit ad victorias Tiberii,

    id. ib. 1, 34.—Hence, flexus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., bent, winding:

    error,

    Ov. M. 8, 160:

    zodiacus circa Cancrum Capricornumque flexior,

    Mart. Cap. 8, § 878.—In neutr. plur. subst.: collium flexa, Minuc. Fel. Octav. 17.—
    B.
    Trop., of tones, lengthened:

    infinito magis illa flexa et circumducta sunt,

    Quint. 11, 3, 172.

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  • 7 dē-torqueō

        dē-torqueō sī, tus, ēre,    to bend aside, turn off, turn away, turn, direct: ponticulum: Ora dextrā equorum, V.: lumen ab illā, O.: volnus, averted, V.: alqd in dextram partem: ad regem cursūs, V.: cervicem ad oscula, H.—To twist, distort, put out of shape: partes corporis detortae.—Of words: parce detorta, H.—Fig., to turn aside, divert, pervert: animos a virtute: quae (voluntas testium) nullo negotio flecti ac detorqueri potest: te alio pravum (i. e. ad aliud vitium), H.—To distort, misrepresent: calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta efficere, L.: verba prave detorta, Ta.

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  • 8 dē-flectō

        dē-flectō flēxī, flexus, ere.—     Trans, to bend aside, turn away, divert: tela, V.: amnīs in alium cursum: ad Romanos cursum, L.: novam viam, to build the road in another direction, L.—Fig., to turn away, lead astray: lumina, O.: principes de viā: ad verba rem, i. e. interpret literally: te de curriculo petitionis, to withdraw.—Intrans., to turn aside, deviate, digress: de spatio: de rectā regione: a veritate.

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  • 9 dērīvō

        dērīvō āvī, ātus, āre    [de + rivus], to lead off, turn away: aqua ex flumine derivata, Cs.—Fig., to draw, derive, bring: nihil in suam domum inde: Hoc fonte derivata clades, H.— To divert, turn aside, transfer: in me iram senis, T.: derivandi criminis causā: partem in Asiam curae: alio responsionem suam.
    * * *
    derivare, derivavi, derivatus V TRANS
    draw/lead off (river/fluid), divert/turn aside; derive/draw on; form derivative

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  • 10 deflecto

    I
    deflectere, deflexi, deflexus V INTRANS
    bend/turn aside/off; diviate/change one's course; digress (speech); alter pitch
    II
    deflectere, deflexi, deflexus V TRANS
    bend downwards; bend (bow); turn (aside), change course/direction of; deflect; divert, distract; turn one's eyes; modify/twist (words/ideas); round (point)

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  • 11 īn-flectō

        īn-flectō ēxī, exus, ere,    to bend, bow, curve, turn aside: cum ferrum se inflexisset, Cs.: inflexum aratrum, V.: sinus ad urbem inflectitur, curves: suo squalore vestros oculos, turn aside.—Fig., to change, alter, inflect: dicere inflexā (voce), modulated.—To change, influence, affect, alter, pervert: corrigendus potius quam leviter inflectendus: hic sensūs, V.: orationem, style: magnitudinem animi, lessen: precibus inflectere, be moved, V.

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  • 12 torqueō

        torqueō (old inf. torquērier, H., Pr.), torsī, tortus, ēre    [TARC-], to turn, turn about, turn away, twist, bend, wind: cervices oculosque: ab obscenis sermonibus aurem, H.: ad sonitum vocis vestigia, V.: ferro capillos, i. e. curl, O.: stamina pollice, spin, O.: tenui praegnatem pollice fusum, Iu.: taxos in arcūs, bend, V.: tegumen torquens inmane leonis, wrapping about him, V.: cum terra circum axem se torqueat.—Poet.: torquet medios nox umida cursūs, i. e. has half-finished, V. — To whirl around, whirl, wield, brandish, fling with force, hurl: hastas lacertis: lapidem, H.: amnis torquet sonantia saxa, V.: in hunc hastam, O.: telum aurata ad tempora, V.: sibila, i. e. hiss, Pr.— To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort: quae (festinationes) cum fiant... ora torquentur: ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro, V.— To wrench on the rack, put to the rack, rack, torture: eculeo torqueri.—Fig., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct: suam naturam huc et illuc: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: verbo ac litterā ius omne.— To rack, torment, torture: te libidines torquent: mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit: equidem dies noctīsque torqueor: Torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat, O.: Aeacus torquet umbras, examines, Iu.— To ply, put to the test: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, H.—Of speech, to hurl, fling: curvum sermone rotato enthymema, Iu.
    * * *
    torquere, torsi, tortus V
    turn, twist; hurl; torture; torment; bend, distort; spin, whirl; wind (round)

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  • 13 torqueo

    torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2 (archaic inf. torquerier, Hor. S. 2, 8, 67), v. a. [Gr. trepô, to turn; cf. atrekês; also Sanscr. tarkus; Gr. atraktos, a spindle; and strephô, to twist], to turn, turn about or away; to twist, bend, wind (class.; syn. converto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    cervices oculosque,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39:

    oculum,

    to roll, distort, id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ora,

    to twist awry, id. Off. 1, 36, 131:

    ab obscenis sermonibus aurem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 127:

    oculos ad moenia,

    Verg. A. 4, 220:

    ad sonitum vocis vestigia,

    id. ib. 3, 669:

    serpens squamosos orbes Torquet,

    Ov. M. 3, 42; cf.

    anguis,

    Verg. G. 3, 38:

    capillos ferro,

    i. e. to curl, frizzle, Ov. A. A. 1, 505:

    stamina pollice,

    id. M. 12, 475:

    remis aquas,

    id. F. 5, 644:

    spumas,

    Verg. A. 3, 208:

    taxos in arcus,

    to bend, id. G. 2, 448:

    tegumen torquens immane leonis,

    winding about him, id. A. 7, 666:

    cum terra circum axem se convertat et torqueat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    torta circum bracchia vestis,

    Tac. H. 5, 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To whirl around, to whirl in the act of throwing, to wield, brandish, to fling with force, to hurl (mostly poet.):

    torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

    amnis torquet sonantia saxa,

    Verg. A. 6, 551:

    stuppea torquentem Balearis verbera fundae,

    id. G. 1, 309:

    jaculum in hostem,

    id. A. 10, 585; Ov. M. 12, 323: hastam in hunc, id. ib 5, 137;

    for which: hastam alicui,

    Val. Fl. 3, 193:

    telum aurata ad tempora,

    Verg. A. 12, 536:

    tela manu,

    Ov. M. 12, 99:

    valido pila lacerto,

    id. F. 2, 11:

    glebas, ramos,

    id. M. 11, 30:

    cum fulmina torquet (Juppiter),

    Verg. A. 4, 208;

    and trop.: cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

    id. ib. 9, 671; cf.:

    Eurus nubes in occiduum orbem,

    Luc. 4, 63.—In prose:

    torquere amentatas hastas lacertis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242.—
    2.
    To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort:

    negat sibi umquam, cum oculum torsisset, duas ex lucernā flammulas esse visas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro,

    Verg. G. 2, 247.—
    3.
    To wrench the limbs upon the rack, to put to the rack or to the torture, to rack, torture (class.):

    ita te nervo torquebo, itidem uti catapultae solent,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 12:

    eculeo torqueri,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42:

    aliquem servilem in modum,

    Suet. Aug. 27; cf.:

    ira torquentium,

    Tac. A. 15, 57:

    servum in caput domini,

    against his master, Dig. 48, 18, 1: vinctus tortusve, [p. 1880] Suet. Aug. 40 fin. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct (a favorite expression of Cicero):

    versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    torquere et flectere imbecillitatem animorum,

    id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

    oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

    id. Or. 16, 52:

    omnia ad suae causae commodum,

    id. Inv. 2, 14, 46:

    verbo ac litterā jus omne torqueri,

    wrested, perverted, id. Caecin. 27, 77:

    sonum,

    to inflect, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

    cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques,

    Verg. A. 12, 180:

    versare sententias, et huc atque illuc torquere,

    Tac. H. 1, 85.—
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to A. 2.), to rack, torment, torture (syn.:

    ango, crucio): tuae libidines te torquent,

    Cic. Par. 2, 18:

    mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit,

    id. Pis. 37, 90: acriter nos tuae supplicationes torserunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1:

    equidem dies noctesque torqueor,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4:

    verbi controversia jam diu torquet Graeculos homines,

    id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; 3, 9, 33:

    stulti malorum memoriā torquentur,

    id. Fin. 1, 17, 57:

    sollicitudine, poenitentia, etc., torquetur mens,

    Quint. 12, 1, 7:

    invidiā vel amore vigil torquebere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 37; Ov. H. 20, 123:

    torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

    id. ib. 9, 36; cf. Hor. S. 2, 8, 67:

    Aeacus torquet umbras,

    holds inquisition over, Juv. 1, 9.— Transf.: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, qs. to rack with wine, i. e. to try or test with wine, Hor. A. P. 435; so,

    vino tortus et irā,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 38.—
    C.
    To hurl, fling (of language):

    curvum sermone rotato enthymema,

    Juv. 6, 449.—Hence, tortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, crooked, contorted, distorted.
    A.
    Lit.:

    via (labyrinthi),

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42:

    quercus,

    i. e. a twisted oakgarland, Verg. G. 1, 349.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: torta, ae, f., a twisted loaf, a twist, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 3. —
    * B.
    Trop.:

    condiciones,

    confused, complicated, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25. — Adv.: tortē, awry, crookedly:

    torte penitusque remota,

    Lucr. 4, 305 (329).

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  • 14 ab-eō

        ab-eō iī, itūrus, īre    (abin' for abisne, T.), to go from, go away, go off, go forth, go, depart: ab urbe: ex eorum agris: ex conspectu, out of sight, Cs.: mater abit templo, O.: abire fugā, to flee, V.: in angulum aliquo, T.: unde abii, V.: exsulatum Tusculum abiit, L.: si periturus abis, to your death, V.: sublimis abiit, ascended, L.: telo extracto praeceps in volnus abiit, collapsed, L.: quo tantum mihi dexter abis? whither so far to the right? V.: nemo non donatus abibit, without a gift, V.: abeas parvis aequus alumnis, show yourself favorable as you go, H.: quae dederat abeuntibus, V.: sub iugum abire, L.: abi, nuntia Romanis, etc., L.; of things: cornus sub altum pectus abit, penetrates deeply, V.: sol... abeunte curru, as his chariot departs, H. — In partic., to pass away, disappear, vanish, cease, die: a vitā: illuc quo priores abierunt, Ph.; of time, to pass away, elapse, expire: abiit illud tempus: tota abit hora, H.; of other things: abeunt pallorque situsque, pass away, O.: inopia praeceps abierat, S.: in aera sucus corporis, O.— Of change, to pass over, be transferred: abeunt illuc omnia, unde orta sunt, return: in avi mores atque instituta, i. e. restore, L.; hence, to be changed, be transformed, be metamorphosed (poet.): in villos abeunt vestes, in crura lacerti, O.: comae in silvas abeunt, O. — Fig., to depart from, leave off, turn aside: ut ab iure non abeat: ne longius abeam, wander from the point: ad istas ineptias, have recourse to: illuc, unde abii, redeo, set out, H. —To retire from an office: cum magistratu abisset: abiens magistratu, L.—Of a consequence or result, to turn out, come off (of persons): ab iudicio turpissime victus: neutra acies laeta ex eo certamine abiit, L.: impune, Ph.: ne in ora hominum pro ludibrio abiret, i. e. lest he should be made ridiculous, L.: ne inrito incepto abiretur, L. —To turn out, end, terminate (of things): mirabar hoc si sic abiret, T.—To get off, escape: quem ad modum illinc abieris, vel potius paene non abieris, scimus, how you came off thence, or rather came near not getting off.—In auctions, not to be knocked down (to one): ne res abiret ab Apronio, i. e. that he may purchase.—To be postponed: in diem, T.— The imper. abi is often a simple exclamation or address, friendly or reproachful: abi, virum te iudico, go to, I pronounce you a man, T.: Non es avarus: abi; quid, etc., well, H.: abi, nescis inescare homines, begone, T.; in imprecations: abin hinc in malam rem? (i. e. abisne?), will you go and be hanged? T.: in malam pestem.

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  • 15 dē-vertō or dēvortō

        dē-vertō or dēvortō tī, —, ere,    to turn away, turn aside, turn in, put up, betake oneself, go to lodge: viā devertit, loses the way, L.: ad coponem: eius domum: in villam Pompei.—Fig., to digress: redeamus illuc, unde devertimus: inde, L.

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  • 16 dēvertor or dēvortor

        dēvertor or dēvortor sus, tī, dep.    [collat. form of deverto], to turn away, turn aside, turn in, put up, go to lodge: itineris causā: locus quo deverteretur: quā nulla Castaliam molli devertitur orbita clivo, V.: apud alquos, L.: domum, T.— Fig., to betake oneself, resort, have recourse: meas ad artes, O.

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  • 17 diverto

    dī-verto ( vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. n., to turn or go different ways, to part, separate, turn aside (in the verb. finit. rare; not in the class. per.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    To turn out of the way; hence, of travellers, to stop, lodge, sojourn:

    qui divertebat in proximo,

    Amm. 14, 7, 15:

    in cenaculum,

    Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 11:

    ad hominem peccatorem,

    to visit, id. Luc. 19, 7 al. —
    B.
    Of a married woman, to leave her husband:

    (uxor) sive diverterit, sive nupta est adhuc,

    Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 30; cf.

    so of divorce: si uxor a legato diverterit,

    ib. 5, 1, 42:

    nullis matrimoniis divertentibus,

    Gell. 4, 3. V. also divortium.—
    II.
    Trop., to deviate from each other, to differ:

    divortunt mores virgini longe ac lupae,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22.—Hence, dīversus ( - vorsus), a, um, P. a., turned different ways.
    I.
    Set over against each other, opposite, contrary (freq. and class.; cf.: adversus, contrarius).
    A.
    Lit.:

    in diversum iter equi concitati,

    Liv. 1, 28:

    fenestrae,

    opposite each other, Prop. 1, 3, 31; cf.

    ripa,

    Sil. 1, 264 Drak.:

    iter a proposito diversum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 69, 1; cf.:

    diverso ab ea regione itinere,

    id. ib. 3, 41, 4:

    diversis ab flumine regionibus,

    id. B. G. 6, 25, 3:

    diversam aciem constituit,

    id. B. C. 1, 40, 5:

    duo cinguli maxime inter se diversi, i. e. the two polar circles,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 20 (13):

    diversum ad mare dejectus,

    Tac. A. 2, 60; cf.:

    procurrentibus in diversa terris,

    id. Agr. 11:

    in diversum flectere,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

    binas per diversum coassationes substernere,

    cross-wise, Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., different, diverse, opposite, contrary, conflicting (cf.:

    varius, differens, discrepans, multiplex): monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis cupiditatibusque conflatum,

    Cic. Cael. 5 fin.; cf.:

    quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque expectatis aut speret aut timeat?

    Vell. 2, 75, 2:

    pessuma ac divorsa inter se mala, luxuria atque avaritia,

    Sall. C. 5, 8; cf. Liv. 34, 4.—In the sup.:

    ne illi falsi sunt, qui diversissimas res pariter exspectant, ignaviae voluptatem et praemia virtutis,

    Sall. J. 85, 20:

    diversa sibi ambo consilia capiunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 1:

    est huic diversum vitio vitium prope majus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 5; cf. Vell. 2, 80, 2:

    initio reges diversi pars ingenium, alii corpus exercebant,

    pursuing opposite courses, Sall. C. 2, 1:

    diversi imperatoribus (sc. Scipioni et Mummio) mores, diversa fuerunt studia,

    Vell. 1, 13, 3:

    dividere bona diversis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 114; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 3; Vell. 2, 60 fin. et saep.—Of conflicting passions: Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas;

    nugas fuisse credo, prae quo pacto ego divorsus distrahor,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 2.— Comp.:

    divorsius,

    Lucr. 3, 803.—
    2.
    In partic. (like contrarius, II. 2.), inimically opposed, of hostile or opposite opinions, unfriendly, hostile:

    certa igitur cum illo, qui a te totus diversus est,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32:

    regio ab se diversa,

    Liv. 32, 38:

    diversos iterum conjungere amantes,

    Prop. 1, 10, 15:

    acies,

    Tac. A. 13, 57; 14, 30:

    factio,

    Suet. Caes. 20; id. Tib. 3 fin.; cf.

    partes,

    id. Caes. 1:

    diversae partis advocatus,

    opposite, id. Gramm. 4:

    diversi ordiuntur, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 10:

    subsellia,

    of the opponents, Quint. 11, 3, 133; cf. Tac. Or. 34:

    minuere invidiam aut in diversum eam transferre,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    defectio Tarentinorum utrum priore anno an hoc facta sit, in diversum auctores trahunt,

    are not agreed, Liv. 25, 11 fin.; cf.:

    nullo in diversum auctore,

    Tac. A. 12, 69:

    consistentis ex diverso patroni,

    on the opposite side, Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    ex diverso,

    id. 5, 11, 43; Tac. A. 13, 40; id. H. 4, 16 et saep.;

    also: e diverso,

    Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9; Just. 30, 4, 6; the latter in Sueton, and the elder Pliny, i. q. contra, on the contrary:

    sunt qui putent, etc.... Alii e diverso, etc.,

    Suet. Caes. 86; cf. id. Aug. 27; id. Dom. 9; Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135; 5, 9, 10, § 56 al.; cf. Sillig. ad Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 35; Gai. Inst. 2, 16.
    II.
    In different directions, apart, separate (so most freq. in all periods and kinds of writing).
    A.
    Lit.: dispennite hominem divorsum et distennite, spread out in opposite directions, i. e. his limbs, Plaut. Mil. 5, 14:

    diversae state,

    id. Truc. 4, 3, 14; cf.:

    diversi pugnabant,

    separately, Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 4; so,

    jam antea diversi audistis,

    Sall. C. 20, 5; and:

    sive juncti unum premant, sive id diversi gerant bellum,

    Liv. 10, 25:

    diversi dissipatique in omnes partes fugere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 4; cf.:

    ex diversa fuga in unum collecti,

    Liv. 42, 8:

    age diversos et disice corpora ponto,

    Verg. A. 1, 70:

    diversi consules discedunt,

    Liv. 10, 33, 10; 22, 56; Nep. Dat. 11, 3 al.; cf.:

    quo diversus abis?

    away, Verg. A. 5, 166; 11, 855:

    qui (portus) cum diversos inter se aditus habeant, in exitu conjunguntur et confluunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52 fin.; cf. id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; Liv. 40, 22:

    in locis disjunctissimis maximeque diversis,

    very widely separated, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4; so,

    loca,

    id. ib. 16; Caes. B. G. 2, 22, 1 et saep.—Cf. in the sup.:

    diversissimis locis subeundo ad moenia,

    Liv. 4, 22:

    itinera,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 67, 2:

    proelium,

    fought in different places, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19, 2 et saep.: sunt ea innumerabilia, quae a diversis emebantur, by various people, individuals (as an indefinite term for persons), Cic. Phil. 2, 37. — Poet., i. q. remotus, remote, far-distant:

    Aesar,

    i. e. flowing in another, remote country, Ov. M. 15, 23; cf. Verg. A. 3, 4; 11, 261; 12, 621;

    708: diverso terrarum distineri,

    distance apart, remoteness, Tac. A. 3, 59.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Different, unlike, dissimilar:

    varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10 fin.; cf.:

    variae et diversae et diffusae disputationes,

    id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61 fin.:

    diversa ac dissimilis pars,

    id. Inv. 1, 23, 33; cf.:

    diversa studia in dissimili ratione,

    id. Cat. 2, 5:

    flumina diversa locis,

    Verg. G. 4, 367; so Ov. M. 1, 40:

    oris habitu simili aut diverso,

    Quint. 9, 3, 34 al.:

    ut par ingenio, ita morum diversus,

    Tac. A. 14, 19:

    a proposita ratione diversum,

    Cic. Brut. 90; cf.:

    ab his longe diversae litterae,

    Sall. C. 34 fin.; Quint. 4, 1, 9; cf. also id. 2, 10, 7:

    huic diversa sententia eorum fuit,

    id. 3, 6, 32. —Cf. so with dat., Quint. 2, 3, 10; 3, 10, 3 et saep.—With gen.:

    diversa omnium, quae umquam accidere, civilium armorum facies,

    Tac. A. 1, 49:

    diversa in hac ac supradicta alite quaedam,

    Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 32:

    eruca diversae est, quam lactuca, naturae,

    id. 19, 8, 44, § 154.—
    2.
    Divided, fluctuating, hesitating, inconsistent:

    metu ac libidine divorsus agebatur,

    Sall. J. 25, 6:

    qui diversus animi modo numen pavescere, modo, etc.,

    Tac. H. 4, 84:

    diversi fremat inconstantia vulgi,

    Tib. 4, 1, 45.— Adv.: dī-verse or dīvorse (acc. to II.), different ways, hither and thither; in different directions (very rarely): corpora prostrata diverse jacebant, scattered, Auct. B. Afr. 40 fin.; so,

    pauci paulo divorsius conciderant,

    Sall. C. 61, 3:

    multifariam diverseque tendere,

    Suet. Galb. 19.—
    B.
    Trop. of the mind:

    curae meum animum divorse trahunt,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

    ab eodem de eadem re diverse dicitur,

    differently, Cic. Inv. 1, 50:

    diversissime adfici,

    very variously, Suet. Tib. 66:

    uti verbo ab alicujus sententia diverse,

    in a different meaning, Gell. 6, 17, 9.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > diverto

  • 18 divorsus

    dī-verto ( vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. n., to turn or go different ways, to part, separate, turn aside (in the verb. finit. rare; not in the class. per.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    To turn out of the way; hence, of travellers, to stop, lodge, sojourn:

    qui divertebat in proximo,

    Amm. 14, 7, 15:

    in cenaculum,

    Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 11:

    ad hominem peccatorem,

    to visit, id. Luc. 19, 7 al. —
    B.
    Of a married woman, to leave her husband:

    (uxor) sive diverterit, sive nupta est adhuc,

    Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 30; cf.

    so of divorce: si uxor a legato diverterit,

    ib. 5, 1, 42:

    nullis matrimoniis divertentibus,

    Gell. 4, 3. V. also divortium.—
    II.
    Trop., to deviate from each other, to differ:

    divortunt mores virgini longe ac lupae,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22.—Hence, dīversus ( - vorsus), a, um, P. a., turned different ways.
    I.
    Set over against each other, opposite, contrary (freq. and class.; cf.: adversus, contrarius).
    A.
    Lit.:

    in diversum iter equi concitati,

    Liv. 1, 28:

    fenestrae,

    opposite each other, Prop. 1, 3, 31; cf.

    ripa,

    Sil. 1, 264 Drak.:

    iter a proposito diversum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 69, 1; cf.:

    diverso ab ea regione itinere,

    id. ib. 3, 41, 4:

    diversis ab flumine regionibus,

    id. B. G. 6, 25, 3:

    diversam aciem constituit,

    id. B. C. 1, 40, 5:

    duo cinguli maxime inter se diversi, i. e. the two polar circles,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 20 (13):

    diversum ad mare dejectus,

    Tac. A. 2, 60; cf.:

    procurrentibus in diversa terris,

    id. Agr. 11:

    in diversum flectere,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

    binas per diversum coassationes substernere,

    cross-wise, Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., different, diverse, opposite, contrary, conflicting (cf.:

    varius, differens, discrepans, multiplex): monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis cupiditatibusque conflatum,

    Cic. Cael. 5 fin.; cf.:

    quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque expectatis aut speret aut timeat?

    Vell. 2, 75, 2:

    pessuma ac divorsa inter se mala, luxuria atque avaritia,

    Sall. C. 5, 8; cf. Liv. 34, 4.—In the sup.:

    ne illi falsi sunt, qui diversissimas res pariter exspectant, ignaviae voluptatem et praemia virtutis,

    Sall. J. 85, 20:

    diversa sibi ambo consilia capiunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 1:

    est huic diversum vitio vitium prope majus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 5; cf. Vell. 2, 80, 2:

    initio reges diversi pars ingenium, alii corpus exercebant,

    pursuing opposite courses, Sall. C. 2, 1:

    diversi imperatoribus (sc. Scipioni et Mummio) mores, diversa fuerunt studia,

    Vell. 1, 13, 3:

    dividere bona diversis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 114; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 3; Vell. 2, 60 fin. et saep.—Of conflicting passions: Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas;

    nugas fuisse credo, prae quo pacto ego divorsus distrahor,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 2.— Comp.:

    divorsius,

    Lucr. 3, 803.—
    2.
    In partic. (like contrarius, II. 2.), inimically opposed, of hostile or opposite opinions, unfriendly, hostile:

    certa igitur cum illo, qui a te totus diversus est,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32:

    regio ab se diversa,

    Liv. 32, 38:

    diversos iterum conjungere amantes,

    Prop. 1, 10, 15:

    acies,

    Tac. A. 13, 57; 14, 30:

    factio,

    Suet. Caes. 20; id. Tib. 3 fin.; cf.

    partes,

    id. Caes. 1:

    diversae partis advocatus,

    opposite, id. Gramm. 4:

    diversi ordiuntur, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 10:

    subsellia,

    of the opponents, Quint. 11, 3, 133; cf. Tac. Or. 34:

    minuere invidiam aut in diversum eam transferre,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    defectio Tarentinorum utrum priore anno an hoc facta sit, in diversum auctores trahunt,

    are not agreed, Liv. 25, 11 fin.; cf.:

    nullo in diversum auctore,

    Tac. A. 12, 69:

    consistentis ex diverso patroni,

    on the opposite side, Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    ex diverso,

    id. 5, 11, 43; Tac. A. 13, 40; id. H. 4, 16 et saep.;

    also: e diverso,

    Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9; Just. 30, 4, 6; the latter in Sueton, and the elder Pliny, i. q. contra, on the contrary:

    sunt qui putent, etc.... Alii e diverso, etc.,

    Suet. Caes. 86; cf. id. Aug. 27; id. Dom. 9; Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135; 5, 9, 10, § 56 al.; cf. Sillig. ad Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 35; Gai. Inst. 2, 16.
    II.
    In different directions, apart, separate (so most freq. in all periods and kinds of writing).
    A.
    Lit.: dispennite hominem divorsum et distennite, spread out in opposite directions, i. e. his limbs, Plaut. Mil. 5, 14:

    diversae state,

    id. Truc. 4, 3, 14; cf.:

    diversi pugnabant,

    separately, Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 4; so,

    jam antea diversi audistis,

    Sall. C. 20, 5; and:

    sive juncti unum premant, sive id diversi gerant bellum,

    Liv. 10, 25:

    diversi dissipatique in omnes partes fugere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 4; cf.:

    ex diversa fuga in unum collecti,

    Liv. 42, 8:

    age diversos et disice corpora ponto,

    Verg. A. 1, 70:

    diversi consules discedunt,

    Liv. 10, 33, 10; 22, 56; Nep. Dat. 11, 3 al.; cf.:

    quo diversus abis?

    away, Verg. A. 5, 166; 11, 855:

    qui (portus) cum diversos inter se aditus habeant, in exitu conjunguntur et confluunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52 fin.; cf. id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; Liv. 40, 22:

    in locis disjunctissimis maximeque diversis,

    very widely separated, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4; so,

    loca,

    id. ib. 16; Caes. B. G. 2, 22, 1 et saep.—Cf. in the sup.:

    diversissimis locis subeundo ad moenia,

    Liv. 4, 22:

    itinera,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 67, 2:

    proelium,

    fought in different places, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19, 2 et saep.: sunt ea innumerabilia, quae a diversis emebantur, by various people, individuals (as an indefinite term for persons), Cic. Phil. 2, 37. — Poet., i. q. remotus, remote, far-distant:

    Aesar,

    i. e. flowing in another, remote country, Ov. M. 15, 23; cf. Verg. A. 3, 4; 11, 261; 12, 621;

    708: diverso terrarum distineri,

    distance apart, remoteness, Tac. A. 3, 59.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Different, unlike, dissimilar:

    varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10 fin.; cf.:

    variae et diversae et diffusae disputationes,

    id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61 fin.:

    diversa ac dissimilis pars,

    id. Inv. 1, 23, 33; cf.:

    diversa studia in dissimili ratione,

    id. Cat. 2, 5:

    flumina diversa locis,

    Verg. G. 4, 367; so Ov. M. 1, 40:

    oris habitu simili aut diverso,

    Quint. 9, 3, 34 al.:

    ut par ingenio, ita morum diversus,

    Tac. A. 14, 19:

    a proposita ratione diversum,

    Cic. Brut. 90; cf.:

    ab his longe diversae litterae,

    Sall. C. 34 fin.; Quint. 4, 1, 9; cf. also id. 2, 10, 7:

    huic diversa sententia eorum fuit,

    id. 3, 6, 32. —Cf. so with dat., Quint. 2, 3, 10; 3, 10, 3 et saep.—With gen.:

    diversa omnium, quae umquam accidere, civilium armorum facies,

    Tac. A. 1, 49:

    diversa in hac ac supradicta alite quaedam,

    Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 32:

    eruca diversae est, quam lactuca, naturae,

    id. 19, 8, 44, § 154.—
    2.
    Divided, fluctuating, hesitating, inconsistent:

    metu ac libidine divorsus agebatur,

    Sall. J. 25, 6:

    qui diversus animi modo numen pavescere, modo, etc.,

    Tac. H. 4, 84:

    diversi fremat inconstantia vulgi,

    Tib. 4, 1, 45.— Adv.: dī-verse or dīvorse (acc. to II.), different ways, hither and thither; in different directions (very rarely): corpora prostrata diverse jacebant, scattered, Auct. B. Afr. 40 fin.; so,

    pauci paulo divorsius conciderant,

    Sall. C. 61, 3:

    multifariam diverseque tendere,

    Suet. Galb. 19.—
    B.
    Trop. of the mind:

    curae meum animum divorse trahunt,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

    ab eodem de eadem re diverse dicitur,

    differently, Cic. Inv. 1, 50:

    diversissime adfici,

    very variously, Suet. Tib. 66:

    uti verbo ab alicujus sententia diverse,

    in a different meaning, Gell. 6, 17, 9.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > divorsus

  • 19 oblīquō

        oblīquō āvī, ātus, āre    [obliquus], to turn aside, twist, turn awry: oculos, O.: crinem, draw back, Ta.: sinūs (velorum) in ventum, slant, V.

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  • 20 demoveo

    demovere, demovi, demotus V TRANS
    move away, put away; turn away (eyes); divert (from idea/mood); force to yield; dislodge; turn aside; remove/get rid of; depose/oust; banish; dissociate

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