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
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..."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..."