devenirent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →devenio, devenire, deveni, deventus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
come to, arrive/turn up (at); go (to see/stay); reach; land; turn to; extend to;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...habui? BAL. Si amabas, invenires mutuom, ad danistam devenires, adderes faenusculum, surruperes patri. PS. Surruperet hic patri, audacissume..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...oratores evadere non potuerint, eos ad iuris studium devenire". LXXX. Illud pro eodem iam paene poetico spiritu..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...suis oppidis profugere et in castra Caesaris devenire et de adversariorum eius crudelitate acerbitateque commemorare coeperunt. Quorum lacrimis..."