devenio

Latin

Etymology

From dē- (from) +‎ veniō (come).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēveniō (present infinitive dēvenīre, perfect active dēvēnī, supine dēventum); fourth conjugation

  1. 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, [in the] lead, and the Trojan [Aeneas] will arrive at the same cavern.”
      (Note: There is some ambiguity in whether to ascribe the “dux” role to Dido or Aeneas.)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Catalan: esdevenir
  • French: devenir
  • Italian: divenire, diventare
  • Piedmontese: diventé
  • Portuguese: devir
  • Galician: devir
  • Romanian: deveni
  • Spanish: devenir

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.