turn off
turn off:
A. Trans.:
I. Of servants, trespassers, etc.: v.DISCHARGE , DISMISS , SEND OFF , DRIVE OFF .
II. To give a different direction to:
1. āverto, 3: we t. off rivers, nos flumina a., Cic. N. D. 2, 60, fin.
2. dērīvo, 1: to t. off water from the river, de fluvio aquam d., Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 12: to t. off a river, flumen d., Hirt. B. G. 8, 40. Fig.: he t.'d off his answer to something else, alio responsionem suam d., Cic. Verr. 1, 53, 139.
3. dēdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to draw from a place to another, or to draw down): to t. off water into the fields, rivos d., Virg. Georg. 1, 269.
III. To t. water off (stop its flow), rivos claudere, Virg. Ecl. 3, 111.
B. Intrans.:
1. dēflecto, 3: v.TURN ASIDE .
2. flecto, 3 (with refl. pron.): from this point the wood t.s off to the left, inde silva se f. sinistrorsum, Caes. B. G. 6, 25.
A. Trans.:
I. Of servants, trespassers, etc.: v.
II. To give a different direction to:
1. āverto, 3: we t. off rivers, nos flumina a., Cic. N. D. 2, 60, fin.
2. dērīvo, 1: to t. off water from the river, de fluvio aquam d., Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 12: to t. off a river, flumen d., Hirt. B. G. 8, 40. Fig.: he t.'d off his answer to something else, alio responsionem suam d., Cic. Verr. 1, 53, 139.
3. dēdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to draw from a place to another, or to draw down): to t. off water into the fields, rivos d., Virg. Georg. 1, 269.
III. To t. water off (stop its flow), rivos claudere, Virg. Ecl. 3, 111.
B. Intrans.:
1. dēflecto, 3: v.
2. flecto, 3 (with refl. pron.): from this point the wood t.s off to the left, inde silva se f. sinistrorsum, Caes. B. G. 6, 25.