devexos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →devexus, devexa, devexum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sloping/inclining downwards/downhill/away; steep; shelving; declining/sinking;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
- P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ocius omnes in mensam laeti libant divosque precantur. Devexo interea propior fit Vesper Olympo. iamque sacerdotes primusque Potitius..." - P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Andraemon, et habetur coniuge felix. est lacus, adclivis devexo margine formam litoris efficiens, summum myrteta coronant. venerat..."