interverto

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.