devotae
Dictionary entries
- 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;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. 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;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
- A
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...publico sanxerunt, quoniam nefas ducerent nomina libertati patriae devota servili contagio pollui. XI. Cur ergo nos patimur nomen..." - M
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..." - P
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..." - G
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..." - M
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..." - P
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..."