devolvere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →devolvor, devolvi, devolutus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
roll/fall down; roll off; sink back; fall into; hand over, transfer; deprive;
sg. pres. imp. 2ndsg. fut. ind. 2ndsg. pres. ind. 2nd - Entry →devolvo, devolvere, devolvi, devolutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
roll/fall/tumble down; roll off; fall/sink back; fall into;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndpl. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...saepe remoliri luctatur pondera terrae oppidaque et magnos devolvere corpore montes: inde tremit tellus, et rex pavet ipse..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iuvenem conspici sinis? Facesse hinc Tarquinios aut Corinthum; devolvere retro ad stirpem, fratri similior quam patri." His aliisque..."
