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
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..."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..."