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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + voveō (“vow, promise”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dēvoveō (present infinitive dēvovēre, perfect active dēvōvī, supine dēvōtum); second conjugation
- (transitive) to vow, offer; promise; devote, dedicate
23 BCE – 13 BCE,
Horace,
Odes 4.14.17–19:
- Spectandus in certāmine Mārtiō
dēvōta mortī pectora līberae
quantīs fatīgāret ruīnīs - In the contests of Mars he was a sight, the breasts vowed to a free death he shook with so many shocks
- (transitive) to mark out, appoint, destine
- (transitive) (poetic) to bewitch, curse (by devoting to the infernal gods)
9 CE,
Ovid,
The Ibis 53–54:
- Nunc, quō Battiadēs inimīcum dēvovet Ībin,
hōc ego dēvoveō tēque tuōsque modō.- Now, with that metre by which Callimachus curses his enemy Ibis,
I curse you and your family.
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References
- “devoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “devoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- devoveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.