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Italian
Verb
devolvo
- first-person singular present indicative of devolvere
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + volvō (“roll”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dēvolvō (present infinitive dēvolvere, perfect active dēvolvī, supine dēvolūtum); third conjugation
- to roll or tumble off or down
- (passive in middle sense) to roll, fall or tumble down, roll oneself down, fall headlong; sink down; devolve
- Synonym: incido
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References
- “devolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “devolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- devolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
devolvo
- first-person singular present indicative of devolver