deverto

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

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.