averta

== Latin == === Alternative forms === aberta === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ορτή (ăortḗ, “knapsack”). Attested from ca. 4th century CE. Either influenced by āvertō (“to turn something away”) or borrowed early enough (despite the late attestation), and through a Greek dialect preserving /w/, to participate in the early Latin sound change /wo/> /we/. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈwɛr.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈvɛr.ta] === Noun === averta f (genitive avertae); first declension portmanteau, saddlebag(s) Synonyms: pēra, mantica, saccus ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== avertārius ==== Descendants ==== → Ancient Greek: ἀβέρτα (abérta) ⇒ Sardinian: bertula Sicilian: vèrtula (from *averta + -ula) === References === “averta” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present === Further reading === “averta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "averta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “averta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.