devota
Dictionary entries
- Entry →devoto, devotare, devotavi, devotatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bewitch; put a spell on; curse;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →devoveo, devovere, devovi, devotus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
devote, consecrate; vow, promise solemnly; mark out, appoint; curse, execrate;; dedicate to infernal gods (general/army); destine, doom; bewitch, enchant;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →devotus, devota -um, devotior -or -us, devotissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
devoted, zealously attached, faithful; devout; pious; accursed, execrable;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...publico sanxerunt, quoniam nefas ducerent nomina libertati patriae devota servili contagio pollui. XI. Cur ergo nos patimur nomen..."XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...alienae civitatis legatum misimus, et vilia ac devota capita vicinorum deliciis morimur. nobis nihil iam residui spiritus superest..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pictum croceo velamen acantho.] Praecipue infelix, pesti devota futurae, expleri mentem nequit ardescitque tuendo Phoenissa, et pariter puero..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...Theseu? sicine discedens neglecto numine divum, immemor a! devota domum periuria portas? nullane res potuit crudelis flectere mentis..."In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...quae quidem quibus abs te initiata sacris ac devota sit, nescio, quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...memini numeros sustinuisse novem. Num mea Thessalico languent devota veneno corpora? num misero carmen et herba nocent, sagave..."
