devotis
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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. 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. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...pronior ipse etiam gaudebat cedere frater. Quas tibi devoti iuvenes pro patre renato, summe ducum, grates, aut quae..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...oppidi Adiatunnus, qui summam imperii tenebat, cum DC devotis, quos illi soldurios appellant, quorum haec est condicio..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Coruus, insignes ante milites quam duces, cessissent Decii, devotis corporibus in hostem ruentes, cessisset Papirius Cursor illo corporis..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...consulum praetoria, alterum parricidio filii, alterum consulis devoti caede; trucidatum exercitum omnem, caesos hastatos principesque, stragem et ante..."