devotum
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. 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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...criminantibus credendum esset. Equestrem ordinem ut scaenae harenaeque devotum assidue proscidit. Infensus turbae faventi adversus studium suum exclamavit..."IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...querelam: iam miser apud piratas non eram; alebat devotum corpus gravior omni fame sagina, et inter dedita noxae..."I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...occurrere delicatis uxoris oculis vetaret. Invenisti pium et devotum unico senem, et de omnibus coniugis tui desperasti obiter..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Manlium iubet matureque collegae se devotum pro exercitu nuntiare; ipse incinctus cinctu Gabino, armatus in equum insiluit..."