dē-vīto, āvi, ātum, 1,
v. a., to avoid, go out of the way of, shun (rare but class.): illos fluctus, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 79; cf.: procellam temporis, Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8: malum, Ter. And. 611: letum, Lucr. 3, 1092: dolorem, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26: exiguum censum turpemque repulsam, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 44: suspicionem, Suet. Tib. 11: δυσφημίαν nominis, id. Aug. 92: stultitiam, Vulg. Eccl. 2, 3.