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Latin
Etymology
Derived from dēvehō (“I carry away, descend”), compare convexus (“vaulted”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dēvexus (feminine dēvexa, neuter dēvexum); first/second-declension adjective
- sloping or inclining downwards
- downhill
- steep
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “devexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “devexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- devexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.