devovet
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. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...congrediamur, habemus. ille quidem ad superos, quorum se devovet aris, succedet fama vivusque per ora feretur; nos patria..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ultimus illi ardor eris, solique suos tibi devovet annos. adde, quod est iuvenis, quod naturale decoris munus habet..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...prohibent anni bellare, loquendo pugnat et incessit scelerataque devovet arma; huic Chromis amplexo tremulis altaria palmis decutit ense..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...membra toro? aut te traiectis Aeaea venefica lanis devovet, aut alio lassus amore venis.' nec mora, desiluit tunica..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...mercabilis aere, et miseras iusso corpore quaerit opes; devovet imperium tamen haec lenonis avari et, quod vos facitis..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...sauciat ora Unguibus et rapta brachia figit acu. Devovet, ut tangit, dominae caput illa, simulque Plorat in invisas..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...abeat tutela propinquos. quid, siquis gnatam pro muta devovet agna, integer est animi? ne dixeris. ergo ubi prava..."