verto

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Possessing some acquaintance with the Latin tongue, he put a legend in Latin round his looking-glass, to this effectWhithersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet: Rota sum: semper, quoquo me verto, stat Virtus.

V 1909
The name of Vertumnus, from ‘verto,’ ‘to change,’ perhaps relates to the vicissitudes of the seasons; and if this story refers to any tradition, its meaning may have been, that in his taking various forms, to please Pomona, the change of seasons requisite for bringing the fruits to ripeness was symbolized.

The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847