devotus
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;
nom. 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;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber X
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...videtur pluris aestimare virtutem, nemo illi magis esse devotus quam qui boni viri famam perdidit ne conscientiam perderet..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...legionesque hostium pro exercitu populi Romani Quiritium devoveret. Devotus inde eadem precatione eodemque habitu quo pater P. Decius..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romana scripta civem devovere; si is homo qui devotus est moritur, probe factum videri; ni moritur, tum signum..."