devio
Dictionary entries
- Entry →devio, deviare, deviavi, deviatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
detour; stray; depart;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →devius, devia, devium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
remote/secluded; out-of-way, off road; sequestered, in seclusion; retired; shy;; erratic/inconsistent, devious; deviating/straying/wandering; foolish (L+S);
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →devium, devii:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
remote/secluded/lonely/unfrequented/out-of-way parts/places (pl.);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- G
Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...magnopere fovisset, in auxilium advolaverunt, sed serius, itinere devio per ignorantiam locorum retardati. Iugulatus est ad lacum Curti..." - M
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...velut quasdam gentes fluminibus montibusque distinguere. iam etiam devios saltus et silvas vasta solitudine horridas occupant, tot aquae..." - T
Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esse dicere; se aperuisse Ciminiam silvam viamque per devios saltus Romano bello fecisse. Quid se id aetatis sollicitassent..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...divenditis omnibus bonis aliquamdiu trans Tiberim veluti relegatus devio quodam tugurio viveret. Hoc iudicium et promulgata lex exercuit..."
