verto

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 .