inter-verto (-vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn aside, turn or draw in another direction, divert.
I Lit.: in extremis partibus triglyphi semicanaliculi intervertantur, Vitr. 4, 3, 5: ductum aquae, Dig. 43, 20, 8.—
II Trop., to alter , change for the worse, pervert : recta ingenia, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 22, 1: rationes, to falsify accounts , Front. Strat. 3, 16, 3.—
B To purloin , pilfer , embezzle : argentum, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 92: ille induxit, ut peteret: et receptum intervertit, ad seque transtulit, Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 79: interverso regali hoc dono, id. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68: vectigalia, Suet. Vit. 7.—
2 Esp., to cheat out of , defraud of a thing: aliquem aliqua re, to cheat , defraud (anteand post-class.): ut me muliere intervorteret, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 110: possessione dominum, Gell. 11, 18, 13.— With acc. alone: quem intervortam? Plaut. As. 2, 1, 10; Dig. 41, 2, 20. —
C To spend , squander , waste , Tac. H. 2, 95: interversis patroni rebus, id. A. 16, 10.