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    conversiō ōnis, f    [com-+VERT-], a turning round, revolving, revolution: caeli: mensium. — Fig., a subversion, alteration, change: rerum: tempestatum: rei p.—In rhet.: in extremum, repetition at the end of a clause: orationis, the rounding of periods.

    dīvortium (dīver-) ī, n    [dis- + VERT-], a parting, point of separation, fork: ad divortia nota, V.: itinerum, L.: aquarum, a water-shed: inter Europam Asiamque (i. e. the Hellespont), Ta.— A divorce, dissolution of marriage (by agreement): subitum: cum mimā.—Fig., a division, difference: doctrinarum divortia.

    ēversiō ōnis, f    [ex + VERT-], an overthrowing, subversion: columnae: rerum p.

    ēversor ōris, m    [ex + VERT-], a subverter, destroyer: regnorum, V.: rei p.

    inversiō ōnis, f    [VERT-], an inversion: verborum, i. e. irony.

    Nōrtia ae, f    [for * Ne-vortia; ne+VERT-], an Etruscan goddess of Fortune, L., Iu.

    reversiō (revors-) ōnis, f    [re-+VERT-], a turning about, turning back (on the way): mea.— A recurrence, return: febrium.

    subversor ōris, m    [VERT-], an overturner, subverter: legum, Ta.

    versūra (vors-) ae, f    [VERT-], a conversion, funding, borrowing to pay a debt: versuram a Carpinatio fecisse: vereor, ne illud, quod tecum permutavi, versurā mihi solvendum sit, is to be paid by a new loan.—Prov.: in eodem luto haesitas, versurā solves, will pay by borrowing, i. e. keep increasing your difficulties, T.—A borrowing, loan: sine versurā dissolvere: versuram facere publice, N.

    versus or vorsus ūs, m    [VERT-], a line, row: in versum distulit ulmos, V.: remorum, L. —In writing, a line, verse: versūs plurimi supra tribunal scribebantur: magnum numerum versuum ediscere, Cs.: versūs Enni gravitate minores, H.: dicere versūs, V.

    versūtus (vors-) adj. with comp. and sup.    [VERT-], adroit, dexterous, shrewd, clever, ingenious: versutos eos appello, quorum celeriter mens versatur: animus: versutissimus Lysander.— Cunning, crafty, wily, sly, deceitful: homo: acutus, versutus, veterator: propago, O.

    vertex (vortex) icis, m    [VERT-], a whirl, eddy, whirlpool, vortex: torto vertice torrens, V.: (flumen) minores volvere vertices, H.: sine vertice aquae euntes, O.: amnis transverso vertice dolia inpulit ad ripam, L.— A whirlwind: contra (ventum) enitentes vertice intorti adfligebantur, L.— Of flame, a coil, whorl: flammis inter tabulata volutus Ad caelum undabat vertex, V.—The highest point, top, peak, summit: ignes, qui ex Aetnae vertice erumpunt: flammae rotantes Vertice fumum, H.: a vertice, from above, V.—Of the head, the top, crown: ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum: talos a vertice pulcher ad imos, H.: toto vertice supra est, by the head, V.: moribundus, O.— The pole: caeli vertices ipsi: Hic vertex nobis semper sublimis, V.—The highest, greatest (poet.): dolorum vertices.

    vertīgō inis, f    [VERT-], a turning round, whirling: adsidua caeli, O.—Fig., a sensation of whirling, giddiness, dizziness, vertigo: oculorum animique, L.; cf. vertigine tectum Ambulat, the ceiling whirls round (of drunken men), Iu.

    vertō or vortō tī, sus, ere    [VERT-], to turn, turn up, turn back, direct: cardinem, O.: verso pede, O.: Non ante verso cado, i. e. emptied, H.: crateras, V.: verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus: gens ab oriente ad septentrionem se vertit, i. e. is situated, Cu.: in circumsedentis Capuam se vertit, i. e. directs his attack, L.— Intrans, to turn, turn back: versuros extemplo in fugam omnes ratus, L.— Pass, to be turned, be directed, face, look: fenestrae in viam versae, L.: nunc ad fontes, nunc ad mare versus, O.—To turn about, be engaged, move, be, be situated: Magno in periclo vita vertetur tua, Ph.: in maiore discrimine verti, L.: ipse catervis Vertitur in mediis, V.—To turn back, turn about, reverse: Pompeiani se verterunt et loco cesserunt, wheeled about, Cs.: hostes terga verterunt, fled, Cs.: hostem in fugam, put to flight, L.: Hiemps piscīs ad hoc vertat mare, H.—To turn over, turn up: versā pulvis inscribitur hastā, V.: Vertitur interea caelum, revolves, V.: terram aratro, H.: versis glaebis, O.—To turn, ply, drive: stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo, V.—Fig., to turn, direct, convert, appropriate: ex illā pecuniā magnam partem ad se: congressi certamine irarum ad caedem vertuntur, i. e. are driven, L.: ne ea, quae rei p. causā egerit, in suam contumeliam vertat, Cs.: omen in Macedonum metum, Cu.: in religionem vertentes comitia biennio habita, making a matter of religious scruple, L.: Philippus totus in Persea versus, inclined towards, L.: quo me vertam? T.: quo se verteret, non habebat: si bellum omne eo vertat, L.: di vortant bene, Quod agas, prosper, T.—To ascribe, refer: quae alia in deum iras velut ultima malorum vertunt, L.: ne sibi vitio verterent, quod abesset a patriā, impute as a fault.—Pass., to turn, depend, rest, hang: hic victoria, V.: cum circa hanc consultationem disceptatio omnis verteretur, L.: omnia in unius potestate vertentur: spes civitatis in dictatore, L.: vertebatur, utrum manerent, an, etc., i. e. the question was discussed, L.—To turn, change, alter, transform, convert, metamorphose: terra in aquam se vertit: Verte omnīs tete in facies, V.: Auster in Africum se vertit, Cs.: versa et mutata in peiorem partem sint omnia: cur nunc tua quisquam Vertere iussa potest, V.: saevus apertam In rabiem coepit verti iocus, H.: nullā tamen alite verti Dignatur, nisi, etc., O.—Prov.: ubi omne Verterat in fumum et cinerem, i. e. had dissipated, H.— With solum, to change abode, leave the country: qui exsili causā solum verterit.—In language, to turn, translate, interpret: Platonem: annales Acilianos ex Graeco in Latinum sermonem, L.—To turn, overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy: vertit ad extremum omnia: Cycnum Vi multā, O.: ab imo moenia Troiae, V.: ne Armenia scelere verteretur, Ta.: versā Caesarum sobole, Ta.—To turn, change, be changed: iam verterat fortuna, L.—To turn, be directed, turn out, result: verterat Scipionum invidia in praetorem, L.: (quae res) tibi vertat male, turn out badly, T.: quod bene verteret, Cu.: quod nec vertat bene, V.: quod si esset factum, detrimentum in bonum verteret, Cs.: ea ludificatio veri in verum vertit, L.—Of time, in the phrase, annus vertens, the returning year, space of a year, full year: anno vertente sine controversiā (petisses); cf. annus vertens, the great cycle of the stars.

   vors-, vort-    see vers-, vert-.