devictus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →devinco, devincere, devici, devictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
subdue; defeat decisively, conquer/overcome entirely;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...gremium qui saepe tuum se reiicit aeterno devictus vulnere amoris, atque ita suspiciens tereti cervice reposta pascit amore..."Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...filiam, adhuc virginem oblatam in matrimonium sibi cum devictus Domitiae nuptiis pertinacissime recusasset, non multo post alii conlocatam..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Persuadendum enim iudici est, qui, etiam si verbis devictus est, tamen nisi ipsi rei accesserit tacitus dissentiet. Agenti..."