devovete
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;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - Q
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..."