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turn aside

turn aside:

A. Trans.:

1. dēflecto, 3 to t. aside weapons, d. tela, Virg. Aen. 10, 331. Join: to t. aside rivers into another course, in alium cursum amnes contorqueo et d., Cic. Div. 1, 19, fin.

2. dētorqueo, 2: to t. aside his eye from her, lumen d. ab illa, Ov. Met. 6, 515. Fig.: pleasures t. aside the mind from virtue, voluptates animos a virtute d., Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.

3. dēverto, 3: to t. aside his comrades by his advice, suo comites d. hortatu, Lucan 6, 317.

4. dēclīno, 1: to t. aside the line, agmen d., Liv. 1, 28: Cat.

B. Intrans.:

1. dēflecto, 3: Tac.: Plin. Fig.: to t. aside from truth, a veritate d., Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46.

2. dēclīno, 1 (with refl. pron.): I t.'d aside a little from the way, ego d. paulum me extra viam, Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 11: Cic.: Liv.

3. dēverto, 3: he t.s aside from the road, via d., Liv. 44, 43.

4. flecto, 3: I beg you to t. aside from it, ut eam (viam) flectas te rogo, Cic. Att. 11, 18: v. AVOID, TURN AWAY.

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