devoveret
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;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
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)
"...parte cedere Romanus exercitus coepisset, inde se consul devoveret pro populo Romano Quiritibusque. Agitatum etiam in consilio..."