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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [diːˈwɛr.toː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈvɛr.to]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dīvertō''' (present infinitive dīvertere, perfect active dīvertī, supine dīversum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dis-]] “apart” and [[vertō]] “to turn”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) The spelling ⟨dīvortō⟩ was apparently usual in Plautus' time and was later used by archaizing writers, and manuscripts confuse it with [[dēvertō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of separating from a partner and of diverging.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to separate oneself from a marriage partner or associate, to divorce, as in Plautus, Gellius and the Digest, and to be different, diverge.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis and Short call the finite verb rare and not classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the Vulgate it meant to turn aside, go away.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to turn away or aside, differ, deviate.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''divertire'' and French ''divertir'', and Old French ''divertir'' gave [[en|divert]] in the early 15th century, “to turn aside”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Its participle ''dīversus'' gave [[en|diverse]], and ''dīvortium'' gave [[en|divorce]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of separating.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of divorce.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of turning aside.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''divert'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To separate (from a partner); to [[m|en|divorce]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To differ, [[m|en|diverge]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To turn aside.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[diversiō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[diversitas]]
+ * [[diversus]]
+ * [[vertō]]
+ * [[dīvortium]]
+ * [[en|divert]]
+ * [[en|diverse]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}