proverto

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prō-verto (-vorto), no perf., sum, 3, v.a.,

to turn forwards (ante-class.): ut transversus, non proversus cedit, quasi cancer solet, turned forwards , i. e. straightforwards , Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 81 Müll.: provorsum fulgur appellatur, quod ignoratur noc tu an interdiu sit factum, etc., Fest. p. 229 Müll.