devolveres
Dictionary entries
- 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. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
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..."