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Latin
Etymology
From dē- (“from”) + veniō (“come”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dēveniō (present infinitive dēvenīre, perfect active dēvēnī, supine dēventum); fourth conjugation
- to come down, descend; come from or to; arrive at (from somewhere), land at, reach
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.124-125:
- “ Spēluncam Dīdō dux et Troiānus eandem / dēvenient. .”
- “Dido, lead, and the Trojan will arrive at the same cavern.”
(Note: There is some ambiguity in whether to ascribe the “dux” role to Dido or Aeneas.)
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “devenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “devenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- devenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.