devolent
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. subj. 3rd
Examples
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...faxo mira dices. postquam in cunas conditust, devolant angues iubati deorsum in impluvium duo maximi: continuo extollunt ambo..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...noluerant: alii inter tumultum praecipites pavore in forum devolant: alternae voces 'ad arma' et 'hostes in urbe sunt..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...indignum facinus esse clamitantes qui patrum consulibus aderant, devolant de tribunali ut lictori auxilio essent. Sed ab lictore..."