turn about Copy link Outline A. Trans.B. Intrans. • turn about: A. Trans.: verso, 1 (to t. sometimes to one side, sometimes to the other): to t. about thrushes on the fire, turdos in igne v., Hor. Sat. 1, 5, 72. B. Intrans.: verto, 3, with refl. pron., cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 51, or neutr., cf. Liv. 38, 26.