devenires
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;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...habui? BAL. Si amabas, invenires mutuom, ad danistam devenires, adderes faenusculum, surruperes patri. PS. Surruperet hic patri, audacissume..."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..."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..."