dīversus or dīvorsus adj.with sup.
P. of diverto; dis + verto, turned different ways, opposite, contrary : in diversum iter equi concitati, L.: iter a proposito, Cs.: diversam aciem in duas partīs constituit, with a double front , Cs.: duo (cinguli) maxime inter se diversi (i. e. the two polar circles): procurrentibus in diversa terris, Ta.: auditis diversā valle mugitibus, from opposite quarters , O.— Turned away, apart, separate : diversi pugnabant, separately , Cs.: iam antea diversi audistis, individually , S.: diversi dissipatique in omnīs partīs fugere, Cs.: fuga, L.: diversi consules discedunt, L.: quo diversus abis? away , V.: in locis maxime diversis, very widely separated : regio ab se, remotely , L.: diversissimis locis, L.: diverso itinere, by a side-path , Cs.—As subst n. : ex diverso caeli, from another quarter , V.: ex diverso veniemus, from different directions , V.: diversa sequentes, other pursuits , H.— Remote, fardistant : Aesar, i. e. in a far country , O.: exsilia, V.—Fig., different, diverse, opposite, contrary, conflicting : naturae studia: inter se mala, S.: consilia, Cs.: Est huic diversum vitio vitium prope mains, H.: reges diversi pars ingenium, alii corpus exercebant, pursuing opposite courses , S.: fata duorum, V.: utrum ... an ... in diversum auctores trahunt, there is a conflict of authorities , L.: a te totus diversus est, dissents entirely : par ingenio, morum diversus, Ta.: iudices per diversa implacabiles, for opposite reasons , Ta.— Unsettled, irresolute, distracted : Metu ac libidine, S.: animi, Ta.: diversi inconstantia volgi, Tb. — Different, unlike, dissimilar, distinct : genera bellorum: filii longissime diversa ratio est: flumina diversa locis, V.: ab his divorsae litterae, S.