devexus
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;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
- P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...ruens septem discurrit in ora usque coloratis amnis devexus ab Indis] omnis in hac certam regio iacit arte..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...quum candidatis, ut quemque nominaveras, osculo occurreres! devexus quidem in planum, et quasi unus ex gratulantibus. Te mirer..."