I.v. a., to avoid, go out of the way of, shun (rare but class.): “illos fluctus,” Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 79; cf.: “procellam temporis,” Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8: “malum,” Ter. And. 3, 5, 5: “letum,” Lucr. 3, 1092: “dolorem,” Cic. Tusc. 2, 26: “exiguum censum turpemque repulsam,” Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 44: “suspicionem,” Suet. Tib. 11: δυσφημίαν nominis, id. Aug. 92: “stultitiam,” Vulg. Eccl. 2, 3.
dē-vīto , āvi, ātum, 1,