Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Averta

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

AVER'TA. A saddle-bag, which was probably placed on the rump of an animal, as now commonly practised in Italy. Acron. ad Hor. Sat. i. 6. 106.