devolant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →devolo, devolare, devolavi, devolatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
fly/swoop/drop down (on to); hurry/rush/hasten/fly down/away (to);
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...faxo mira dices. postquam in cunas conditust, devolant angues iubati deorsum in impluvium duo maximi: continuo extollunt ambo..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...noluerant: alii inter tumultum praecipites pavore in forum devolant: alternae voces 'ad arma' et 'hostes in urbe sunt..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...indignum facinus esse clamitantes qui patrum consulibus aderant, devolant de tribunali ut lictori auxilio essent. Sed ab lictore..."